N with n

Productive uses

A prepositional phrase beginning with with can be used after many other nouns of certain general kinds.

1 The prepositional phrase is used after nouns referring to employment, as in a job with a plastics firm, a career with Rover, or nouns referring to people with a particular job, as in a consultant with Gartner group.

2 The prepositional phrase is used after nouns referring to activities, meals, or periods of time to indicate who someone is with, as in a walk with her husband, dinner with friends, an evening with Della.

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