Of / From

Of / From
Message from jandark posted on 29-04-2013 at 08:49:06 (D | E | F)
Hello ,
could you help me please?
The sentence is (taken from a study book ):"You are different from the other people I know......I do not know anyone like you ."
May I use the preposition "of" instead of "from" and how does it change the meaning of the sentence ?
Thank you for your answers.

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Edited by lucile83 on 29-04-2013 09:45

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Re: Of / From from lucile83, posted on 29-04-2013 at 09:50:39 (D | E)
Hello,

No you can't say 'different of'. You can say 'different from/different to/different than'.
Please have a look here
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Regards
Lucile

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Re: Of / From from hushpuppy, posted on 29-04-2013 at 10:33:00 (D | E)
Hi,
The use for "of" denotes "of [some thing]) as in "difference of opinion", and I'm trying to think of any instance where "of" is used with people, and the only thing that is vaguely close is "I am of American descent."
So, how does changing "from" to "of" change the meaning of the sentence?
"You are different of the other people I know......I do not know anyone like you." And now, we have a sentence that is nonsense!
This actually has no meaning whatsoever. Difference of what in comparison to other people?
You can use "than", you can use "from", but you cannot use "of".

Hope that helps!
hushpuppy

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