Prepositions - Where should they be used?

Prepositions – Where should they be used?

Ok, so here we come to those words which need a preposition to be used with them.

Read ahead to see if you have been using them correctly.

Dispose of means ‘get rid of’. So, you ‘dispose of’ something.
Don't Say: He disposed the property.
Say: He disposed of the property.

Your ‘search for’ something rather than just searching it.
Don't Say: She is busy searching something lost.
Say: She is busy searching for something lost.

You ‘ask for’ something, similarly you ‘wish for’ or ‘hope for’ something.
Don't Say: Closing his eyes he wished a bike.
Say: Closing his eyes he wished for a bike.

You ‘write with a pen’ rather than ‘write a pen’
Don't Say: He gifted a pen to write.
Say: He gifted a pen to write with.

This is similar to ‘wish for’, ‘hope for’. So when you want something, you ‘ask for it’.
Don't Say: I asked him a glass of water.
Say:I asked him for a glass of water.

When you go to bed, you ‘lie in it’.
Don't Say: She has a bed to lie.
Say: She has a bed to lie in.

When it is an accident, you meet with it. If it is a friend, you meet him.
Don't Say: The boy met an accident
Say: The boy met with an accident

When you suggest a plan, you propose to do something.
Don't Say: I propose rename the new auditorium
Say: I propose to rename the new auditorium.

You listen to someone rather than listening him.
Don't Say: Listen the child. He has something interesting to share.
Say: Listen to the child. He has something interesting to share.

Putting yourself forward a candidate for a course or job – you are ‘applying to’ it.
Don't Say: I’m applying the fellowship program at Oxford.
Say: I’m applying to the fellowship program at Oxford.

You live in the house.
Don't Say: She needs a house to live.
Say: She needs a house to live in.

Something is ‘of use’ or ‘of no use’.
Don't Say: Mother pointed at my new bag and asked, what use is it?
Say: Mother pointed at my new bag and asked, of what use is it?

You have to ‘beware of’ something not ‘beware it’
Don't Say: Beware dogs
Say: Beware of dogs

When you make up for something, you ‘compensate for’ it
Don't Say: He decided to compensate the loss
Say: He decided to compensate for the loss

You pray to the God for blessings not pray Him.
Don't Say: Early morning pray God everyday.
Say: Early morning pray to God everyday.

When you discuss a matter, you talk about it rather than talking it.
Don't Say: What is she talking?
Say: What is she talking about?

When you look into a matter, you enquire into it.
Don't Say: Enquire a matter
Say: Enquire into a matter

When you want someone to open the door, you knock at it rather than knocking it.
Don't Say: He said, “Knock the door”
Say: He said, “Knock at the door”

When you are concerned, you care for someone rather than caring him.
Don't Say: The mother cares the little baby.
Say: The mother cares for the little baby.