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Re: A grammer question: "associated with" or "associated to"
Subject:Re: A grammer question: "associated with" or "associated to" From:Brian Hooper <hooperbc -at- mindspring -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:40:18 -0800
Pete,
I'll leave it up to a fellow Techewhirler to offer the full grammatical defense,
but the second choice is correct.
Brian
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Brian C. Hooper
OHO, Inc. {On His Own, Inc.}
Peter Kleczka wrote:
> Techwrlers
>
> Of the following sentences:
> 1. "The widget is associated to the gadget."
> 2. "The widget is associated with the gadget."
>
> Are both of these gramatically correct?
> I have the feeling that the first one is
> incorrect, but can't explain why.
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