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What is the difference between FROM and OF ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between FROM and OF ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
I get confused when is time to choose between those two words.
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Just for trivia: saying [Person] of [Place] is grammatically correct, but it's almost never used in normal speech. It's a little old-fashioned. You do hear it in movies and TV that are old-fashioned or fantasy, though. Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, etc. Might describe someone as being "of" their homeland.
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Can you give specific examples? I can respond a bit more accurately if you do that.
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"Stay away from me"
"I talked to Sally of the school" (Is it correct? I mean Sally is a woman who works at the school)
"Stay away from me"
"I talked to Sally of the school" (Is it correct? I mean Sally is a woman who works at the school)
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I think the way it goes is, "from" indicates a place of origin, whereas "of" indicates that one thing (inexplicitly) belongs to another. Since Sally does not belong to the school, it's "Sally from school". You will hear "[athlete] of [team]," though, since they "belong" to that team.
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Just for trivia: saying [Person] of [Place] is grammatically correct, but it's almost never used in normal speech. It's a little old-fashioned. You do hear it in movies and TV that are old-fashioned or fantasy, though. Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, etc. Might describe someone as being "of" their homeland.
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