Difference between revisions of "From"
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*We're flying <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> Paris to Marrakesh, then we'll drive <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> Marrakesh to Essaouira. | *We're flying <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> Paris to Marrakesh, then we'll drive <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> Marrakesh to Essaouira. | ||
*Tomorrow, I'm working <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> 8:30am to 7:30pm. | *Tomorrow, I'm working <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> 8:30am to 7:30pm. | ||
| − | + | *In early 2020 the coronavirus situation went <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> bad to worse. | |
==Verbs used with ''from''== | ==Verbs used with ''from''== | ||
Revision as of 11:38, 18 March 2020
Preposition
The noun that follows from is usually a source, or a point of origin. (space, time, scale/measure)
- We're flying from Paris to Marrakesh, then we'll drive from Marrakesh to Essaouira.
- Tomorrow, I'm working from 8:30am to 7:30pm.
- In early 2020 the coronavirus situation went from bad to worse.
Verbs used with from
- prevent: Prison can prevent people from harming others outside the prison.
- stop: Drastic action was needed to stop the coronavirus from spreading.
- suffer: Anyone who suffers from cluster headaches knows how paralyzing they can be.
- take: Orwell took his inspiration for 1984 from Zamyatin's book We.
No particle
Unlike most prepositions, neither from (source) nor to (goal, destination), is used as a verb-particle.
