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How to use "of" "at" "with" "from" etc. to explain where a person belongs to? My english is not so well, so the title I wrote may be a little confused. When I was reading some articles, I've seen some sentences as follows: 1. Dyann Wirth is the head of infectious diseases [at] the Chan School of Public Health [at] Harvard. 2. Students [at] the University of Colorado 3. Jamie Merisotis [of] the Lumina Foundation 4. Rakesh Kochhar is an economist [at] the Pew Research Center 5. Heather Boushey, [with] the Washington Center for Equitable Growth I presume these prepositions indicate the place or organization that a person belongs to. But sometimes it uses "at", sometimes it uses "of" or "with". Sometime I see "from" is used, but I can't find the example. I failed to figure out how to use these prepositions. Does it depend on the size of the institution? I hope I have made myself clear. I will be appreciated if you could give me some answers. Thank you!!

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This is not an easy question to answer as it is often down to personal choice. If we use 'at' it means that the person is in that organisation now. If we use 'from' it often means that the person is representing the organisation. In this case 'of' and 'from' can be regarded as synonyms. 'With' would indicate some connection between the person and the organisation which may not always be the situation. I hope this makes it a little clearer for you. Bob

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