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Adjectives and Prepositions

Adjectives are often followed by infinitives or prepositions when we talk about feelings or how we react to people/things. (Cris, 2013)

THE USE OF “IN”

We use the preposition IN in many cases such as:

In the future to express that an action will occur after that amount of time:

in a few weeks

With months, years and periods of time such as decades or centuries:

in January

With static (non-movement) verbs and cities, countries, states, etc.:

stay in the USA

work in New York

THE USE OF “FROM”

From is used to refer:

PLACE: Used to show the place where someone or something starts moving or traveling:

He took a handkerchief from his pocket.

She ran away from home.

TIME: Used to show the time when something starts or the time when it was made or first existed:

Here’s a song from the 60s.

Adjectives followed by the prepositions IN and FROM

We use the preposition IN after the adjective, when I want to refer to places, activities or time. We use this preposition to do stronger our expression or what we want to say. Example:

I am involved in a great project of my school. I am interested in knowing that beautiful girl. Peter is successful in his job.

We use FROM following an adjective when we want to do a difference between one thing from another, it is similar to a comparative, but in this case we use the preposition FROM. Example:

In my home, Cris is safe from all problems that she has had in this day. Why Paul is absent from classes today? I do not know teacher. I am tired from all these assignments.

Bibliography

Cris, M. (2 de 12 de 2013). Learn English. Obtenido de http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/adjectives-and-prepositions

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