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The noun that follows '''from''' is usually a source, or a point of origin. (space, time, scale/measure)
 
The noun that follows '''from''' is usually a source, or a point of origin. (space, time, scale/measure)
  
*We're flying <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> Paris to Marrakesh, then we'll drive <span style="color:#040;">from</span> Marrakesh to Essaouira.
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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.
 
*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.
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*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''==
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verbs of motion, acquisition, privation
  
*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">prevent</span>:  Prison can <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">prevent</span> people <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> harming others outside the prison.
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">come</span>:  This cheese <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">comes</span> <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> the Pyrenees.
*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">stop</span>: Drastic action was needed to <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">stop</span> the coronavirus <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">from</span> spreading.
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">get</span>:  I <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">got</span> this book <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> the library.
*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">suffer</span>:  Anyone who <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">suffers from</span> cluster headaches knows how paralyzing they can be.
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">hear</span>:  I <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">heard</span> it <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> Malefoi, so I'm not sure it is true.
*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">take</span>: Orwell <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;">took</span> his inspiration for ''1984'' <span style="color:#040;font-weight:bold;>from</span> Zamyatin's book ''We''.
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">prevent</span>:  Prison can <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">prevent</span> people <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> harming others outside the prison.
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">remove</span>:  She <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">removed</span> the controversial sentence <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> the report.
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">stop</span>: Drastic action was needed to <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">stop</span> the coronavirus <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> spreading.
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">suffer</span>:  Anyone who <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">suffers</span> <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;">from</span> cluster headaches knows how paralyzing they can be.
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">take</span>: Orwell <span style="color:#036;font-weight:bold;">took</span> his inspiration for ''1984'' <span style="color:#030;font-weight:bold;>from</span> Zamyatin's book ''We''.
  
 
==No particle==
 
==No particle==

Latest revision as of 10:49, 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

verbs of motion, acquisition, privation

  • come: This cheese comes from the Pyrenees.
  • get: I got this book from the library.
  • hear: I heard it from Malefoi, so I'm not sure it is true.
  • prevent: Prison can prevent people from harming others outside the prison.
  • remove: She removed the controversial sentence from the report.
  • 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.