Boris Tatarenko
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Hello.
What preposition do we normally use with the words "angry", "annoyed", "upset" and etc.?
"English Grammar in Use" by Murphy says that we say "angry about something" but "angry with somebody for doing something".
The problem is that many other books suggest we use "at" instead of "about" when we talk about things. One of such books is "Common Mistakes in English" by Fitikides. Moreover, an English textbook from my university says the same thing (we use "at with things").
Let me provide some sentences:
There's no point in getting angry about / at things that don't matter
Are you annoyned about / at the result of the exam?
What prepostion would you personally choose?
I hope you see my confusion now. I'm trying to make lists that explain the most difficult topics in the English language and one of the topics is "adjective + preposition".;-)
I've got a feeling that it is impossible to make such lists, especially about prepositions, as native speakers use them automatically and intuitively dependening on each situation.
What preposition do we normally use with the words "angry", "annoyed", "upset" and etc.?
"English Grammar in Use" by Murphy says that we say "angry about something" but "angry with somebody for doing something".
The problem is that many other books suggest we use "at" instead of "about" when we talk about things. One of such books is "Common Mistakes in English" by Fitikides. Moreover, an English textbook from my university says the same thing (we use "at with things").
Let me provide some sentences:
There's no point in getting angry about / at things that don't matter
Are you annoyned about / at the result of the exam?
What prepostion would you personally choose?
I hope you see my confusion now. I'm trying to make lists that explain the most difficult topics in the English language and one of the topics is "adjective + preposition".;-)
I've got a feeling that it is impossible to make such lists, especially about prepositions, as native speakers use them automatically and intuitively dependening on each situation.
