English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
PREPOSITIONS
The arrangement was ~anchored on~ the availability of the team (nonstandard).
The arrangement was *anchored in* the availability of the team (standard).
If something is anchored in something or to something, it has strong links with it.
You shouldn’t ~talk down on~ your junior colleagues (nonstandard).
You shouldn’t *talk down to* your junior colleagues (standard).
Although you can look down on people, you don’t talk down on them. If you say that someone talks down to you, you disapprove of the way they talk to you, treating you as if you are not very intelligent or not very important:
She will never *look down on* or *talk down to* anyone. ✅
GAB
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