SKILL 56: RECOGNIZE INCORRECT PREPOSITIONS

SKILL 56: RECOGNIZE INCORRECT PREPOSITIONS


Sometimes an incorrect preposition is given in a sentence in written expression questions on the TOEFL test.

The game was called on* because of rain.
I knew I could count in* you to do a good job.

The first example should say that the game was called off because of rain. The expression called off means canceled, and that is the meaning that makes sense in this sentence. To call on someone is to visit someone, and this meaning does not make sense in this example. In the second example, it is not correct in English to count in someone. The correct expression is to count on someone.

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