edat nin

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of
Expressing separation

He was kindly treated by the people at Saco, and recovered of his wounds.

Expressing direction

Fellow Democrats, he began, I left Washington at a quarter of two this morning.....

Expressing qualities or characteristics

A police car, traveling southbound at a speed of 40.0 m/s, approaches with its siren producing sound at a frequency of 2 500 Hz.

You can use of to say what time it is by indicating how many minutes there are before the hour mentioned. At about a quarter of eight in the evening Joe Urber calls We got to the beach at five of one in the afternoon
An abbreviation representing an open-face watch, which is a watch with a cover on the reverse and a crystal only over the face on the obverse
You use of after some verbs to indicate someone or something else involved in the action. He'd been dreaming of her Listen, I shall be thinking of you always Her parents did not approve of her decision
Connects a noun derived from a verb with the object of that verb
of WEAK STRONG In addition to the uses shown below, of is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives in order to introduce extra information. Of is also used in phrasal prepositions such as `because of', `instead of' and `in spite of', and in phrasal verbs such as `make of' and `dispose of'
You use of after nouns referring to actions to specify the person or thing that is affected by the action or that performs the action. For example, `the kidnapping of the child' refers to an action affecting a child; `the arrival of the next train' refers to an action performed by a train. the reduction of trade union power inside the party. the assessment of future senior managers. the death of their father
You use of after words and phrases referring to quantities or groups of things to indicate the substance or thing that is being measured. 7.6 litres of pure alcohol. dozens of people. billions of dollars. a collection of short stories
Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by
You use of after a noun such as `month' or `year' to indicate the length of time that some state or activity continues. eight bruising years of war The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning
Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water
Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod
You use of after a noun which specifies a particular part of something, to introduce the thing that it is a part of. the other side of the square We had almost reached the end of the street. the beginning of the year Edward disappeared around 9.30pm on the 23rd of July. the core of the problem
{e} belonging to; native to; on, upon; characterized by; separated from; coming from (a direction)
Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven
You use of after a noun which describes someone or something, to introduce the person or thing you are talking about. an awkward, slow-moving giant of a man
You use of to combine two nouns when the first noun identifies the feature of the second noun that you want to talk about. The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5. the population of this town The aim of the course is to help students to comprehend the structure of contemporary political and social systems
You use of before a word referring to the person who performed an action when saying what you think about the action. This has been so nice, so terribly kind of you That's certainly very generous of you Tony
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