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Using the wrong preposition

1. Aim at, not on or against.

Don’t say: she aimed on (or against) the target.

Say: She aimed at the target.

Note: Use the preposition β€œat” to donate direction: throw at, shout at, fire at, shoot at. Shoot (without the at) means to kill: He shot a bird (= he hit and killed it).

2. Angry with, not against.

Don’t say: The teacher was angry against him.

Say: The teacher was angry with him.

Note 1: We get angry with a person but at a thing: He was angry at the weather (not: with the weather).

Note 2: Also annoyed with, vexed with, indignant with a person, but at a thing.

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