With the passage of time OR through the passage of time?

[bluestbottle]

Hi all, I have a question regarding the grammatical usage of the phrase, "the passage of time" and I hope to get some clarification in this forum.

May I ask which sentence is grammatically correct:

1. The architecture survived through the passage of time. OR
2. The architecture survived with the passage of time.

 

[Tarheel]

If I was going to use that phrase (the passage of time) I wouldn't use either preposition.

 

[Rover_KE]

I wouldn't use any preposition.

If forced at gunpoint to choose one, I'd probably settle for 'despite'.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi, all.

I have a question regarding the grammatical usage of the phrase no comma here "the passage of time" and I hope to get some clarification in this forum.

May I ask which sentence is grammatically correct?

1. The architecture survived through the passage of time. OR
2. The architecture survived with the passage of time.

Note my corrections and comments above. Like Tarheel, I'd say "... survived the passage of time".

 

[Tarheel]

It's a pattern. X (he, she or they) survived Y.

X survived hanging.
X survived falling/jumping off a bridge.
X survived electrocution.
X survived being shot.
X survived the fall.