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[Prepositions 4 (miscellaneous) #1]
FOCUS: The use of compound prepositions
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises.

Remember that you can sort the concordances.

1) Search for the string "in * to" in the corpus; which of the following nouns have been used between the two prepositions?
addition, honesty
answer, reference
affinity, order

2) Search for the string "in * for" in the corpus; which of the following nouns have been used between the two prepositions?
exchange, show
order, answer
flame, demand

3) Search for "a cost of" in the corpus; which of the following prepositions typically precedes the expression?
of
at
for

4) Search for "terms with" in the corpus; which of the following prepositions typically precedes the expression?
in
to
on

5) Search for "good terms with" in the corpus; which of the following prepositions typically precedes the expression?
in
to
on

6) Search for "in fear" in the corpus; which of the following prepositions typically follows the expression?
of
for
with

7) Search for "the exception" and "the influence"; which pair of prespositions can be found to precede and follow both phrases in the corpus?
for [--] of
with [--] of
under [--] of

8) Search for "the benefit" and "the sake"; which pair of prespositions can be found to precede and follow both phrases in the corpus?
for [--] of
in [--] of
with [--] for


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