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EasyWriter Resources / 20 Most Common Errors /
7. Wrong or missing preposition
In and on both show place, but use on with a street and in with a city.
Compare to means "regard as similar"; compare with means "to examine to find similarities or
differences."
Many words in English are regularly used with a particular preposition to express a particular
meaning. Throwing a ball to someone is different from throwing a ball at someone. Because many
prepositions are short and not stressed or pronounced clearly in speech, they are often
accidentally left out or mixed up in writing.
For practice recognizing and editing this error, go to Exercise Central.
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