COMMON ERRORS IN THE USE OF PREPOSITIONS

COMMON ERRORS IN THE USE OF 

PREPOSITIONS

Wrong Usage ------------- Right Usage

1. Write with ink ---------------- 1. Write in ink

2. Sit under the shade ---------- 2. Sit in the shade of tree
3. Pakistan is in the ------------- 3. Pakistan is to the west of India
4. Good / Weak in Mathematics -- 4. Good/Weak at Mathematics 
5. Time in your watch ---------- 5. Time by your watch
6. Part with a man -------------- 6. Part from a man
7. Part from money ------------- 7. Part with money
8. Word by word ---------------- 8. Word for word
9. She is married with him ----- 9. She is married to him
10. Since the last two weeks -- 10. For the last two weeks
11. Prefer than ------------------ 11. Prefer to
12. Jump in the pond ----------- 12. Jump into the pond
13. Lying upon the desk -------- 13. Lying on the desk
14. Die of hunger --------------- 14. Die from hunger
15. Die from cancer ------------ 15. Die of cancer
16. To meet in the way -------- 16. To meet on the way
17. Send on my address ------- 17. Send to my address
18. To go in train --------------- 18. To go by train