This one has me thinking. How would you fill in the blank here?
(Context: the statement implies that I don't bite the heads off people who call to sell me something over the phone, as I have also done this for a living and I know how hard it is).
"I am very merciful ________________________ telephone sales people, because I’ve been there myself!"
I am wondering if both
with and
towards can be used here. A Google search shows an almost identical number of hits for both, with
towards yielding 17,200 and
with yielding 16,000. Too close for comfort. A tossup, perhaps?
