- Will you accept of this kindness?
- Will you try to recollect of it?
These sentences should read:
- Will you accept this kindness?
- Will you try to recollect it?
The Correct Preposition
323. We make a great many mistakes also in the choice of prepositions. For example, the preposition between refers to two objects and should never be used when you are speaking of more than two, thus:
- We settled the quarrel between the two men.
This is correct, but it is incorrect to say:
- We settled the quarrel between the members of the Union.
We cannot settle a quarrel between a dozen people. When there are more than two, use the word among. We can perhaps attempt to settle a quarrel among a dozen people. Between refers to two objects, among refers to more than two. For example:
- Divide the work between the two men.
- Divide the work among twenty men.