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[Prepositions 3 (verb + preposition) #1]
FOCUS: The use of prepositions after verbs
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises.

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1) Based on the corpus results, do you "subscribe to" or "subscribe for" something? (Remember to include all verb forms in your search.)
"subscribe to"
"subscribe for"
either
neither

2) Based on the corpus results, do you "vote on" or "vote for" something? (Remember to include all verb forms in your search.)
"vote on"
"vote for"
either
neither

3) Based on the corpus results, do you typically "wink on", "wink at", or "wink to" someone? (Remember to include all forms of the verb, giving you the search strings "wink* on", "wink* at", and "wink* on".)
"wink on"
"wink at"
"wink to"

4) Based on the corpus results, do you typically divide a number BY or WITH another number? (Search strings: "divide* by" and "divide* with")
"divide by"
"divide with"
either

5) Based on the corpus results, is a person typically "sentenced for" or "sentenced to" jail?
sentenced for
sentenced to
either

6) Based on the corpus results, is a person typically "involved at" or "involved in" doing something? (Search string: "involved * *ing")
involved at
involved in
either

7) Based on the corpus results, can you be "involved with" doing something? (Search string: "involved with *ing")
yes
no
yes, but only when the Subject is a first person pronoun

8) Based on the corpus results, do you typically indulge yourself WITH or IN something? (Search string: "indulge* *self")
with
in
either


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