Advantage of/to/in

[Nonverbis]

This is from Raymond Murphy "English Grammar in Use", second edition, unit 128 (page 256).

Could you have a look at these three screenshots.



For both tasks 7 and 8 I answered of/to/in.

Please, also have a look at https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/advantage_1

There are three examples:

• advantage of (doing) something A small car has the added advantage of being cheaper to run.
• advantage in (doing) something Is there any advantage in getting there early?
• advantage to (doing) something There are many advantages to online shopping.
• Could you help me understand why I was wrong and why the key contains those very answes?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

This is from Raymond Murphy's "English Grammar in Use", second edition, unit 128, page 256.

Could you have a look at these three screenshots?

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For both tasks 7 and 8 I answered of/to/in.

Please, also have a look at https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/advantage_1

There are three examples:


The advantage of (doing) something: A small car has the added advantage of being cheaper to run.



The advantage in (doing) something: Is there any advantage in getting there early?

In that one, both in and to work. I'd use to.


The advantage to (doing) something: There are many advantages to online shopping.




Could you help me understand why I was wrong and why the key contains those [STRIKE]very[/STRIKE] answers?

Let's see what our grammarians say.

 

[jutfrank]

Let me get this right—do you mean you put all three prepositions as your answer to both question 7 and question 8?

Follow the very clear and simple rule given in the first of your attachments: After there are, use to/in. Otherwise, use of. If you'd followed this rule, you would have got the right answers.