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Old 05-25-2008, 12:25 AM   #1
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Another simple writing question
John had a different opinion towards her.
whats wrong with this sentence? is it different opinion from?

or something else?
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Old 05-25-2008, 12:33 AM   #2
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it seems correct
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Old 05-25-2008, 05:53 AM   #3
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John had a different opinion of her?
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Old 05-25-2008, 07:08 AM   #4
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you can't have a different opinion 'towards'. Either 'from' or 'of' works, but those sentences would have completely different meanings, so what is the larger context?
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Old 07-19-2008, 11:56 AM   #5
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different opinion of her.


if you can figure out the prepositions, you'll get like a billion points higher on the SAT's. it's a weird trick they use quite often.
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Old 07-19-2008, 12:05 PM   #6
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John had a different opinion of her
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Old 07-19-2008, 01:26 PM   #7
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It is either "from" or "of", depending on the whole sentence.
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Old 07-19-2008, 04:09 PM   #8
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Could it be ''about her'' ?
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Old 07-19-2008, 04:46 PM   #9
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I don't like the questions that test idioms. =/ This is one of them.
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Old 07-19-2008, 05:33 PM   #10
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its either "of" or "about" i guess
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