MISSING MONDAY: PREPOSITION AFTER "DEPEND"
10 / 11 / 2014
MISSING MONDAY: PREPOSITION AFTER DEPEND: meaning and examples
Good morning everyone, and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin. I hope you had a good weekend.
For today's Missing Monday lesson we are looking at the collocation of a preposition. Can you complete this sentence?
Sentence 1: We might cancel the picnic. It depends __________ the weather.
In this sentence, the correct preposition is ON. In English, we always follow the word DEPEND with the word ON, and DEPEND ON is always followed by SOMETHING (the weather, the person, whether I have the ingredients...).
The correct sentence should be:
Sentence 1: We might cancel the picnic. It depends ON the weather.
Here are some more examples with DEPEND ON.
Example 1: I might make peach pie. It depends on whether the store has peaches.
Example 2: Some people like spicy food, but not me. It depends on the person.
Example 3: I might go hiking tomorrow. It depends on how I feel.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading.
I hope that you have a great start to your week!
For today's Missing Monday lesson we are looking at the collocation of a preposition. Can you complete this sentence?
Sentence 1: We might cancel the picnic. It depends __________ the weather.
In this sentence, the correct preposition is ON. In English, we always follow the word DEPEND with the word ON, and DEPEND ON is always followed by SOMETHING (the weather, the person, whether I have the ingredients...).
The correct sentence should be:
Sentence 1: We might cancel the picnic. It depends ON the weather.
Here are some more examples with DEPEND ON.
Example 1: I might make peach pie. It depends on whether the store has peaches.
Example 2: Some people like spicy food, but not me. It depends on the person.
Example 3: I might go hiking tomorrow. It depends on how I feel.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading.
I hope that you have a great start to your week!
