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What is the difference between my finger was cut by a knife and my finger was cut on the knife and my finger was cut with a knife ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between my finger was cut by a knife and my finger was cut on the knife and my finger was cut with a knife ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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"My finger was cut by a knife" sounds the most natural, and implies that it was an accident that you cut your finger. No one says "my finger was cut on the knife". "My finger was cut with a knife" implies that someone (or yourself) intentionally cut it.
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"My finger was cut by a knife" sounds the most natural, and implies that it was an accident that you cut your finger. No one says "my finger was cut on the knife". "My finger was cut with a knife" implies that someone (or yourself) intentionally cut it.
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My finger was cut by a knife.
My finger was cut on the knife.
My finger was cut with a knife.
All of these are correct and all are used every day.
Prepositions are tricky things with slippery, overlapping meanings.
There are subtle differences.
My finger was cut by a knife. -- Might imply that knife was moving, that there was some action.
My finger was cut on the knife. -- Sounds more like the knife was not moving, but the finger was.
My finger was cut with a knife. -- Sounds more like the person was using the knife and cut their own finger.
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