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Bookmark or Share- people would benefit vs people would be benefitedHi all, the following sentence comes from a passage written by a non-native English teacher: If Seoul were to become the cultural hub of Asia, it would be great news for the territory as many people would be benefited. I've been taught that "benefit" is used in the active sense regardless of...
- to benefit off of something | WordReference ForumsIs it correct to say “to benefit off of something”? Here is an example sentence: He is cheating at the game so he can benefit off of the extra points. Or should it be: He is cheating at the game so he can benefit from the extra points. If both are acceptable, what is different between “off...
- benefit 'from' or 'by' - WordReference ForumsI think either is acceptable in your sentence. I would say that "by" indicates that careful reading of X is the method by which historians will gain benefit (it does not say what the benefit is, explicitly); and "from" indicates that such reading is the source of their benefit.
- someone's benefit "from" or "of" getting information?Hi, In the following sentence, which is the correct preposition out of the two in bold? "Evaluators could simply be making a trade-off by weighing the friend’s benefit from/of getting the information according to his preceding grade: the higher the grade, the less he would benefit from the...
- Benefited a lot from learning from you | WordReference ForumsWhile "I've learned a lot from you" sounds perfectly fine, somehow -- to my ears, at least -- there is something a little 'off' about "I've benefitted a lot from your help." I would expect something more like "I've benefitted greatly from your help." I also agree with Captain Zero.
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