address | Go to our website to get theaddress ofyour nearest branch.
Not: …the address to your nearest branch.
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advertisement | I saw anadvertisement fora teaching job in Malawi which looked interesting.
Not: …an advertisement of a teaching job…
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awareness | There is a growingawareness ofthe impact of climate change among the young.
Not: …a growing awareness about the impact of climate change…
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change | Changes inour diet have meant that more and more people suffer heart disease.(changes that happen)
Not:Changes of our diet…
The director of studies must be informed of anychangestothe timetable.(changes that people purposely make)
Not: …of any changes in the timetable. (This means changes that happen, not those that people purposely make.)
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congratulations | Congratulations onyour new job!
Not:Congratulations for your new job!
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course | I’d like to do acourse incomputer programming if I could find a good one.
Not: …a course of computer programming…
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exhibition | We went to see anexhibition ofViking jewellery.
Not: …an exhibition about Viking jewellery.
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experience | Do you have any previousexperience ofworking with children?
(usually followed by the-ingform of a verb) Not: …previous experience in working with children?
She has ten years’experience intelevision and radio.(usually followed by a noun)
Not: …ten years’ experience on television and radio.
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increase decrease growth | There has been anincrease of200,000inthe city’s population in the last ten years.
(Ofis used before numbers and quantities afterincrease/decrease/growth;inis used before the thing affected by the change.) Not: …an increase of the city’s population…
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information | Can you give us someinformationon/aboutbus tours, please?
Not: …some information of bus tours…?
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interest | He seems to have lessinterest ineverything these days.
Not: …less interest to everything these days.
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invitation | Theinvitation tothe reception at the embassy arrived the next day.
Not:The invitation of the reception…
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knowledge | For this job you need someknowledge ofPortuguese.
Not: …some knowledge in Portuguese.
He has an amazingknowledge ofEuropean history.
Not: …an amazing knowledge about European history.
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lesson | I need somelessons inhow to set up a website.
Not:I need some lessons of how to…
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member | Can anyone become amember ofyour book club?
Not: …a member in your book club?
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method | Questionnaires are not necessarily the bestmethod ofcollecting sociological data.
Not: …the best method to collect…
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need | We understand theneed forchange but we should move slowly.
Not: …the need of change…
(Ofis used withneedin the expressionin need of: The village isin need ofa community centre where people, especially young people, can go in the evenings.)
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newcomer | I was anewcomer towindsurfing so I was very nervous.
Not:I was a newcomer of windsurfing…
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place | I’d love to show you some of the niceplaces inmy hometown.
Not: …the nice places of my hometown.
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possibility | Thepossibility ofmaking contact with other intelligent beings in the universe is very small.
Not:The possibility to make contact…
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problem | Theproblem offinding a good babysitter is one that many parents have faced.
Not:The problem to find…
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reason | I’ve never understood thereason forall these different forms we have to fill in.
Not: …the reason of all…
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risk | We all know therisks ofgetting a virus if we don’t protect our computer.
Not: …the risks for getting a virus…
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translation | She did atranslation intoEnglish of some ancient Chinese poems.
Not: …a translation in English…
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visit | Thevisit tothe temple was the high point of the holiday.
Not:The visit in the temple…
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