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"There is nobody here by that name." Why is "by"? Is "with" incorrect?

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You can use either: by, or, with. "by" He goes by the name of Smith. There is nobody here (that goes) by that name.
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I agree with Eliot, sometimes phrases in English don't make perfect sense until you expand the sentence fully: "There is nobody here (known) by that name." "With" is also correct; you can read the sentence at face-value: "There is nobody here with that name."
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Yeah. That example's just one of those things you have to memorize, to my knowledge.

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