Reconciled with/to

[Barman]

Are both of the following sentences correct?

1) After the advice of his father, he was reconciled with his wife.

2) After the advice of his father, he was reconciled to his wife.

 

[GoesStation]

No. They're both wrong. "After the advice of his father" doesn't make sense.

 

[jutfrank]

Can we assume you're making these sentences up, Barman?

Please tell us exactly what your aims are. Why are you asking these questions? Are you trying to learn how to use a set of words from a list? If you tell us exactly what you're trying to do, we'll be able to help you much more effectively.

 

[Barman]

I'm trying to learn whether more than one appropriate preposition can be used after a common word, i.e., here the word 'reconcile', to express a similar meaning of a sentence.

 

[Yankee]

My preference, "with" is more appropriate in use on a personal basis.

 

[jutfrank]

I'm trying to learn whether more than one appropriate preposition can be used after a common word, i.e., here the word 'reconcile', to express a similar meaning of a sentence.

Hmm. Well, it is normal that different prepositions are used after common words. The big problem you're going to face arises from the fact that different prepositions almost always have different meanings.

In many cases (including this one), you should start off with a longer pattern, and then study authentic examples of use of that pattern. Here's one pattern:

to reconcile A with B

See if you can find some examples. In each case, ask yourself what A and B are, and then you'll get a sense of what the pattern means. Here's another:

to reconcile oneself to something

Again, find authentic examples of use first, get a sense of what they mean, and only then should you attempt to make up your own sentences. You can start by looking at some examples from here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reconcile