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I want to write: help them by/through being a good example. What is the right word, by or through?
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I want to write: help them by/through being a good example. What is the right word, by or through?
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They're both correct.
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I want to write: help them by/through being a good example. What is the right word, by or through?
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asked Nov 9 '18 at 22:02
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I want to write: help them by/through being a good example. What is the right word, by or through?
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They're both correct.
– Chappo
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They're both correct.
– Chappo
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They're both correct.
– Chappo
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They're both correct.
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From the proverb: TFD (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs)
You will teach people more effectively by being a good example than
you will by telling them what to do.
My sense is that by being an example is most grammatical.
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From the proverb: TFD (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs)
You will teach people more effectively by being a good example than
you will by telling them what to do.
My sense is that by being an example is most grammatical.
answered Nov 9 '18 at 22:14
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From the proverb: TFD (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs)
You will teach people more effectively by being a good example than
you will by telling them what to do.
My sense is that by being an example is most grammatical.
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From the proverb: TFD (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs)
You will teach people more effectively by being a good example than
you will by telling them what to do.
My sense is that by being an example is most grammatical.
answered Nov 9 '18 at 22:14
lbflbf
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From the proverb: TFD (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs)
You will teach people more effectively by being a good example than
you will by telling them what to do.
My sense is that by being an example is most grammatical.
answered Nov 9 '18 at 22:14
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They're both correct.
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