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usage of "by" Bentium Ltd. (CN99)
Fanny (grace6666@sina.com) 2003/07/19 04:21

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" Now  this  can  only  happen  by  some  defect  in  your  conduct."

I  wonder  if  the  above  sentence  may  be  rewritten  another  way  like
this:

"Now  this  can  only  happen  because  of  some  defect  in  your
conduct."

The  whole  difficulty  is  that  I seldom  come  across  the  usage  of
"by"  in  this  sentence.  Anyone  can  tell me more  sentences  about  the
usage  of  "by"?

Thanks!














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