4 Grammar Questions

[JefferyJung]

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4.) Five years in the writing, her new book is both a response to her critics’ mistrust with her earlier findings and an elaboration of her original thesis. No error</p>

<p>Answer: C
My Question: Why is it incorrect to write “with her earlier findings”?

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<p>I’m quoting crazybandit often for many of your questions! He really explains this well.

@crazybandit

mistrust is an action. you put “of” after an action in order to indicate something that is acted upon.</p>

<p>the killing of Jane —> Jane was killed
the mistrust of her findings –> the findings were mistrusted, or not trusted</p>

<p>in other words, knowing these phrases is not as simple, or rather, as difficult, as memorizing them. “of” is a preposition that has many definitions. you simply need to apply the correct definition by reasoning, not memorization

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