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#prepositions

❗️❗️Commonly confused prepositions ❗️❗️
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📌 About and On

Both about and on can mean ‘regarding’. There is a slight difference of meaning.
اي كلاهما يعني " فيما يتعلق "
🔍#Compare:

🔘We had a discussion about money.
👈كان لدينا نقاش عن "فيما يتعلق" المال.
🔘He gave a lecture on finance.
👈ألقى محاضرة عن " فيما يتعلق " التمويل

About used in the first sentence suggests that the discussion was ordinary.
✴️ـ About تستخدم في الجملة الأولى تشير إلى أن المناقشة كانت عادية.

On used in the second sentence suggests that the lecture was serious or academic, suitable for specialists.
✴️ـ On تستخدم في الجملة الثانية تشير إلى أن المحاضرة كانت جادة أو أكاديمية ، ومناسبة للمتخصصين.
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📌 Above and over

Above and over can both mean ‘higher than’.

🔘The water came up above / over our waist.

Above is preferred when one thing is not directly over another.

🔘There is a temple above the lake. (The temple is not directly over the lake.)

Over is preferred when one thing covers or touches another.

🔘He put on a sweater over his shirt. (NOT He put on a sweater above his shirt.)

In measurements of temperature and height we use above. In measurements of ages and speeds we use over.

🔘The temperature never rose above 5 degrees Celsius.
You have to be over 18 to see that film.

📌 Across and through

The difference between across and through is similar to the difference meaningon and in.
Through is used for movement in a three dimensional space, with things on all sides. Across cannot be used with that meaning.

🔍Compare:

🔘We went through the wood. (We were in the wood.)

🔘The road goes through the forest.

🔘We walked across the desert. (We were on the desert.)

Across and over can both be used to mean ‘on the other side of a line / road / bridge etc’.

🔘There is a hospital across / over the border. (= There is a hospital on the other side of the border.)

🔘His shop is across / over the road. (= His shop is on the other side of the road.)

Across and over can also be used to talk about movement to the other side of a line / road etc.

🔘He jumped across / over the stream.

We prefer over when we say ‘on/to the other side of something high’.

🔘He climbed over the wall. (NOT He climbed across the wall.)

We prefer across when we say ‘on / to the other side of something flat’.

🔘We swam across the river. (NOT We swam over the river.)

📌Along

The preposition along is used with nouns that refer to things with a long thin shape. Examples are: road, river, corridor, line

🔘She ran along the road.

🔘There are trees along the riverside.

📌 Along and through

To talk about periods or activities, we prefer through.

🔘She was silent all through the journey. (NOT She was silent all along the journey.)
Note that along can also be used as an adverb particle.

Come along. (= Come with me.)
Run along now. (= Go away.)

#Prepositions

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