Choose the sentences in which the preposition is used correctly:
(A) The success of the school fair is contingent on the weather.
(B) The clerk was accused for taking money from the sports fund.
(C) My younger brother has been suffering from a high fever since Tuesday.
(D) After a long discussion, the committee finally arrived to a decision.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) The success of the school fair is contingent on the weather. — Correct.
- “Contingent on” means depending on.
- The word “contingent” takes “on” or “upon”.
(B) The clerk was accused for taking money from the sports fund. — Incorrect.
- “Accuse” takes “of” before the wrong act.
- Correct form: The clerk was accused of taking money from the sports fund.
(C) My younger brother has been suffering from a high fever since Tuesday. — Correct.
- A person suffers “from” an illness.
(D) After a long discussion, the committee finally arrived to a decision. — Incorrect.
- With a decision, a result or an answer, “arrive” takes “at”.
- Correct form: After a long discussion, the committee finally arrived at a decision.