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Old 02-Nov-2006, 19:53
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hello,

can we use "of" after care as in the example:
-I care of honesty in relations.
If not, I wonder something as a nonnative:
What kind of mistake would it be, would it be a big mistake, would it be an acceptable one? Do native get it easily? (they dont laugh at this mistake, do they?)
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Old 02-Nov-2006, 21:11
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Originally Posted by tasdibek View Post
hello,

can we use "of" after care as in the example:
-I care of honesty in relations.
If not, I wonder something as a nonnative:
What kind of mistake would it be, would it be a big mistake, would it be an acceptable one? Do native get it easily? (they dont laugh at this mistake, do they?)
Preposition choice is tough for learners.

I would use "about" instead of "of".

I would hope nobody would laugh, but this mistake will mark the user as a non-native speaker.
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