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Prepositions & Collocations
Prepositions that trip up French speakers on the TOEIC
TOEIC Parts 5-6 love testing preposition collocations — fixed pairings between verbs/adjectives and prepositions. French and English rarely use the same preposition, so translating from French almost always gives the wrong answer.
"The outcome depends on the quarterly results." Not "depends of" — French uses "de" but English uses "on."
"We are interested in your proposal." Not "interested by" — even though French uses "par."
"She is responsible for the European market." Not "responsible of."
"All employees must comply with the new regulations." Not "comply to."
"She applied for the position." vs "This rule applies to all staff."
More TOEIC preposition traps
consist of (not "consist in"), participate in (not "participate at/to"), subscribe to (not "subscribe at"), result in (not "result to"), succeed in (not "succeed to" — "réussir à").
Common mistake
French speakers often say "I am interested by your offer" — say "I am interested in your offer" instead. French uses "par" but English always uses "in" after "interested."
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