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[wptabcontent]387  Except for  Besides/As well  as[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I have other books except these.
Say: I have other books besides/as well as these
(= in addition to these).
Note: Except means to leave out: Everyone was present except John. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]388  By for With.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The man shot the bird by a gun.
Say: The man shot the bird with a gun.
When you warn to show the means or the instrument with which the
 action is done, use with. By denotes the order
 of the action: The bird was shot by the man.
Note: The following take by and not with : by hand, by post, by phone,
by one's watch, by the hour, by the dozen, by the metre. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]389  From for By.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't  say:  Mary'  was punished from  her father.
Say:  Mary was punished by  her father.
Use by (not from) after the passive form to show the doer of the action.
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[wptabcontent]390  From for Of or In.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  He's the tallest from all  the boys.
Say: He's the tallest of all the boys.
Or: He's the tallest boy in the class.
Precede adjectives (or adverbs) in the superlative 
degree by the and follow them by of or in.
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[wptabcontent]391 For  for About.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The teacher spoke for bad  habits,
Say: The  teacher spoke about bad habits.
Don't  use for in  the sense of about . The chief  use of for 
is to convey the idea of  being  in  favour  of.  If  we  say 
 that  the  teacher spoke for bad habits  it's like
 saying  that he/she spoke  in  favour  of  bad  habits! [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]392  Since for For.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: She's lived here since two years
Say:. She's lived here for two years.

Place the preposition for before word s or phrases denoting 
 a period of time : for thre e  days,  for six weeks ,
 for tw o  years ,  for a  fe w  minutes,  for a long time .
  Use it wit h any tense except the present.

Note :  For is ofte n omitted . We can say:  I've bee n  here for tw o years or
I've  bee n  here  tw o  years . [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]393 From  for Since.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Ian's been ill from last Friday.
Say: Ian's been ill since last Friday.

Place the preposition since before words or phrases denoting
 a point in time: since Monday, since yesterday, since 
eight o'clock, since Christmas. When we use since, the
 verb is usually in the present perfect tense, but
 it may be in the past perfect: I was glad to see Tom. 
I hadn't seen him since last Christmas.

Note: From can also denote a point in time,
 but it must be followed by to or
till: He works from eight o'clock
 till one o'clock without a break.
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[wptabcontent]394 After  for  In.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I may be able to go after a week.
Say: I may be able to go in a week.
Or: I may be able to go in a week's time.

When speaking of a period of time in the future, use in, and not after. Here in
means after the end of. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]395 In for Within.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I'll come back in  an hour - if you mean before the end of an hour.
Say: I'll come back within an hour.

In means after the end of, withi n means before the end of. [/wptabcontent]

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