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    Default Expect of/from

    which one is correct
    This is not expected of/off/from you.
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    Default Re: Expect of/from

    Usually of. Never off. Occasionally from - although this version has more of the from sense:

    It is expected of everyone that he will do his duty.
    A contribution of at least Ģ5.00 is expected from everyone.


    But when a direct object comes between the expect and the preposition, it tends to be from:

    That much is expected of you.

    But

    I might have expected that from you.

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    Default Re: Expect of/from

    What about "with"?
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    "expected with you"

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    Default Re: Expect of/from

    Never - except the obvious exception:

    Who's she expected to come with?
    Me.
    Really?
    Yes - she's expected with me.

    (which is not really an exception; it's a different use of expected.)

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