N Nathan Mckane Member Joined Jul 8, 2010 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Persian Home Country Iran Current Location Iran Jun 16, 2011 #1 Hello dear teachers! I was wondering why the preposition ''from'' is used after ''criticism''? Shouln't it have been ''for'' instead? Erdogan had widely been expected to win despite criticism from some of his authoritarian style of leadership. link Thanks in advance.
Hello dear teachers! I was wondering why the preposition ''from'' is used after ''criticism''? Shouln't it have been ''for'' instead? Erdogan had widely been expected to win despite criticism from some of his authoritarian style of leadership. link Thanks in advance.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jun 16, 2011 #2 Nathan Mckane said: Hello dear teachers! I was wondering why the preposition ''from'' is used after ''criticism''? Shouln't it have been ''for'' instead? Erdogan had widely been expected to win despite criticism from some of his authoritarian style of leadership. link Thanks in advance. Click to expand... Here, "from" refers to the people who were criticising him - "some". Despite criticism / from some people / of his style of leadership. The criticism of his style of leadership came from some people.
Nathan Mckane said: Hello dear teachers! I was wondering why the preposition ''from'' is used after ''criticism''? Shouln't it have been ''for'' instead? Erdogan had widely been expected to win despite criticism from some of his authoritarian style of leadership. link Thanks in advance. Click to expand... Here, "from" refers to the people who were criticising him - "some". Despite criticism / from some people / of his style of leadership. The criticism of his style of leadership came from some people.
riquecohen VIP Member Joined Aug 24, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location Brazil Jun 16, 2011 #3 Nathan Mckane said: Hello dear teachers! I was wondering why the preposition ''from'' is used after ''criticism''? Shouln't it have been ''for'' instead? Erdogan had widely been expected to win despite criticism from some of his authoritarian style of leadership. link Thanks in advance. Click to expand... While the sentence is correct, I believe it would have been clearer if it had read "... despite criticism from some for his authoritarian style..." or if from some had been omitted.
Nathan Mckane said: Hello dear teachers! I was wondering why the preposition ''from'' is used after ''criticism''? Shouln't it have been ''for'' instead? Erdogan had widely been expected to win despite criticism from some of his authoritarian style of leadership. link Thanks in advance. Click to expand... While the sentence is correct, I believe it would have been clearer if it had read "... despite criticism from some for his authoritarian style..." or if from some had been omitted.