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Originally Posted by makaveli Many thanks Mike,
I realise there is a subtle difference in meaning of the two sentences, and there were actually a few other examples that I was given! I was just looking for a hard a fast rule to forward them today and they are a beginner student so I was wary of trying to overload, but as with so much in English I can see it appears again an example of relevance entirely related to the context!
Many thanks again for the speedy reply,
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The selection of prepositions is difficult for learners. Each preposition has a list of different uses/meanings, and there is consderable overlap. Many of the combinations with verbs are idiomatic, and can't be deduced from meanings. :wink: