''by'' and ''with''
Hi everyone. I couldn't understand the difrence between ''by'' and ''with'' anyone can help me please?
for example :
''I am with you right now'
''I am going by taxi'''
why isn't it '' I am going with taxi'' ?
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''by'' and ''with''
Hi everyone. I couldn't understand the difrence between ''by'' and ''with'' anyone can help me please?for example :
''I am with you right now'
''I am going by taxi'''
why isn't it '' I am going with taxi'' ?
In the examples that you gave, the difference is the context. There is really no grammatical reason why we say "by taxi" and "with you", it is just how our culture and language developed. "By", in this case, is used with modes of transportation.
Compare it to French. If I'm correct, the translation for the first sentence would be "Je suis avec toi à présent.", and the second sentence would be "Je vais en taxi." It's different here, too, for the very same reasons.
I hope this helped :)
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Can it be because it is the way you are going?
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Hi Jacques! Do you have an example to share? Learning prepositions in English can be difficult, and depends on context. The simple translation is: "avec = with" and "par = by". But, it isn't always this simple :)
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