preposition investigation

Thank you~

Which one is idiomatic and natural English?:

-(The) Tenses are the most difficult thing in/about/? English.

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@WBYeats,

Both, with their own nuance.

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Thank you~ Is TO optional?:

-Lead us to there, quick!

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@WBYeats,

WBYeats wrote:

-Lead us to there, quick!

Nobody says that.

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@contrex,

If someone has found a corpse and then told other people this, what will other people say if they want to check the corpse?

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@WBYeats,

alternatives:

Where is it?
Show us where it is.
Show us where you found it.
Show us the place.
Can you take us to it?
Can you take us there?

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@WBYeats,

WBYeats wrote:

If someone has found a corpse and then told other people this, what will other people say if they want to check the corpse?

You are weird Wink

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Thank you~Is TO optional?:

-They led us (to) where they found the corpse.
-They led us (to) there.

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@WBYeats,

WBYeats wrote:

Thank you~Is TO optional?:

-They led us (to) where they found the corpse.
-They led us (to) there.

'To' is mandatory in the first sentence, and wrong in the second. It is optional in neither.

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@contrex,

Thank you~A long time ago we said BrE: in a course/AmE: on a course; then does this apply to the following?

eg Please note the change(s) in/on the following courses.

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@WBYeats,

No. In both, it should be "changes in".

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@WBYeats,

Quote:

Thank you~A long time ago we said IN BrE: in a course/AmE: on a course; then does this apply to the following?

IN an academic/school course

Other meanings of 'course' could see the use of ON.

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@McTag,

Thank you~

But by BOTH, you mean both BrE and AmE; or both CHANGE and CHANGES; should use IN?

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@contrex,

Thank you~

Are my prepositions correct?:

-After you log in/on/into/onto FAMOUS (the acronym name of an online system), you can register yourself in/on courses. (here I don't know whether the in/on difference applies for REGISTER.

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I know IN a course is BrE and ON, AmE, but do you think IN sounds wrong?:

-For/In/On this course, you were learning something very different from ours.

Here I think ON is not AmE, but means 'in the process of studying', so IN is wrong, and FOR is ON & For are correct. Do you agree?

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@WBYeats,

The question is not clear.

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Reask:

-For/In/On this course, you were learning something very different from ours.

Here I think IN is wrong, and only ON & For are correct. Do you agree?

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@WBYeats,

"For this course" suggests something you had to do before the start of the course.
For this course, we had to read three books by Charles Dickens

"In this course" and "on this course" are pretty much synonymous and interchangeable.
If I was to choose, I'd use "in this course" if I was referring to a particular item. But I don't think it really matters.

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Thank you~

Are they all correct?:

-There's a slight difference in pronunciation on/in/about/for/regarding this word between German and English.

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Are they all correct?:

-For life science courses, do you have lectures and tutorials?
-For courses of/in/on life science, ...?

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