From or of

[valtango]

Hi, can you give me a way to explain the difference between from and of? In Dutch, both are translated by "van". I know the difference, but how to expalin it. I had a letter from one of my "students" telling me she was "back of holiday" I see of as belonging to, and from as in leaving from, but is there a better expalnation please?

[Red5]

For some reason this message got lost in the system. Sorry Val.

[RonBee]

I would say that from has more to do with movement or a sense of direction than of does.

Perhaps somebody else will come up with a better explanation.

(I saw this one a few days ago, but I left it for Tdol.)

:)

[Tdol]

I already replied to this- it must be a duplicate post.