2. Adjectives with Prepositions
When you use an adjective after a link verb you can
often use the adjective on its own or followed by a
prepositional phrase.
He was afraid.
He was afraid of his enemies.
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3. Adjectives with Prepositions
Some adjectives cannot be used alone after a link
verb. If they are followed by a prepositional phrase, it
must have a particular preposition.
aware of unaware of
accustomed to unaccustomed to
fond of used to
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7. Adjectives with Prepositions
Used with OF to specify the person who has a quality
brave good polite
thoughtful careless intelligent
sensibleunkind clever
kind silly unreasonable
generous nice stupid
wrong
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9. Adjectives with Prepositions
Used with TO usually referring to:
SIMILARITY: close, equal, identical,
related, similar
MARRIAGE: married, engaged
LOYALTY: dedicated, devoted, loyal
RANK: junior, senior
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18. Adjectives with Prepositions
Use an impersonal subject and OF and the subject of the
action, or with a personal subject and TO and the object of an
action.
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