Kamis, 05 September 2013

Use the following adjectives followed by 'OF'


Use the following adjectives followed by 'of'. 

Each group of adjectives have the same or related meanings. Use the verb 'to be' with these expressions.

Example: It was very nice of him to buy me a present.
     I'm afraid it was stupid of me to come.
    It was very mean of Susan to say that to Tom.

Adjective + Preposition

I'm really angry about our losses on the stock market!
His photographs are very different from his paintings.
He says he's sorry for shouting at you.
She's famous for her watercolor paintings.

"What is the difference between on time and in time?"
"What is the difference between in the end and at the end?" 

Michael Swan’s excellent Practical English Usage (Oxford University Press), provides a succinct answer to both of these questions:

"On time = at the planned time; neither late nor early:



Peter wants the meeting to start exactly on time.
In time = with enough time to spare; before the last moment:



He would have died if they hadn’t got him to the hospital in time." p. 450
"In the end = finally, after a long time:



In the end, I got a visa for Russia.
At the end = at the point where something stops:



I think the film’s a bit weak at the end. p. 450

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