PREPOSITION

preposition

1. After they had struggled, people smiled at them at last – Wrong

• Correct Pairs
• smile at someone’s failure
• smile on someone.
• Correct formation
• After they had struggled, people smiled on them at last.    

2. Girls have great liking to children – Wrong

• Correct Pair
• liking for person & thing – when sense is has or have
• Liking to person & thing – when sense is taken

** Here the sense is to have children is liked by her.

       Let me illustrate

• Meena took liking to Vijay & married him.
• here the sense isn’t to have Vijay but to marry him
• Correct formation
• Girls have great liking for children.

3. Doctor waited too long for normal delivery & then decided to operate her for delivery – Wrong

• Correct Pair
• Operate always agrees with ‘on/upon’ always
• Correct formation
• Doctor waited too long for normal delivery & then decided to operate on her for delivery.

4. Young generation always differ from their parents in views on life – Wrong

• Correct Pair
• Differ with a person in views
• Differ from something
• I differ from you in habits as well as manners.
• Correct formation
• Young generation always differs with their parents in views on life.

5. My boy friend has assured me to present me a new i-phone on my next birthday – Wrong

** When you read this sentence I dam sure you’ll think it is absolutely right. But demand of this sentence is when you get anything as a gift/free on some occasion, you should use ‘with’ right after receiver.

• Correct formation
• My boy friend has promised to provide me with a new i-phone on my next birthday.
• My boy friend has assured me to present me with a new i-phone on my next birthday.

6. Do you know what for Agra is famous? – Wrong

• Correct Pair
• The sentence isn’t giving clear meaning
• It should be famous for
• Correct formation
• Do you know what for Agra is famous for?

7. A teacher never wishes any reward although he serves through out his life   with honesty & sincerity – Wrong

** same as 68

• Correct Pair
• Wish always agrees with ‘for’ whether we want something or not
• Correct formation
• A teacher never wishes for any reward although he serves through out his life with honesty & sincerity.

8. Pt. Nehru was very humble although he came from a rich family – Wrong

   ** ‘came from a rich family’ is looking right in reading but not in English    dictionary.

• Correct Pair
• Comes of a rich family is a right pair.
• Correct formation
• Pt. Nehru was very humble although he came of a rich family.

9. He is wanting of money so people think he’ll earn money through corruption – Wrong

** some aspirants think wanting means want of something i.e. so wrong

• Correct Pair
• Wanting always agrees with ‘in’ means lacking in.
• Correct formation
• He is wanting in money so people think he’ll earn money through corruption.

10. We the people of India should learn to remain united together – Wrong

** If you read this in fast run, you may think the sentence is correctly written.  Lets think about last two words of this sentence.  

** the word ‘United & together’ isn’t same, is it? so this must be superfluous. remove one of them.

• Correct formation
• We the people of India should learn to remain united.