From/by (what sounds better?)
A boy asks a person a philanthropist why he helped a lot of people. So he replied:
I get happiness and satisfaction by / from helping people.
So what will be used: from/by?
(I read this somewhere)
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A boy asks a person a philanthropist why he helped a lot of people. So he replied:
I get happiness and satisfaction by / from helping people.
So what will be used: from/by?
(I read this somewhere)
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in could be used too, "I get happiness and satisfaction in helping people."
– Bella Swan
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A boy asks a person a philanthropist why he helped a lot of people. So he replied:
I get happiness and satisfaction by / from helping people.
So what will be used: from/by?
(I read this somewhere)
word-usage
edited yesterday
virolino
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It's about EnglishIt's about English
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A boy asks a person a philanthropist why he helped a lot of people. So he replied:
I get happiness and satisfaction by / from helping people.
So what will be used: from/by?
(I read this somewhere)
word-usage
word-usage
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virolino
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It's about EnglishIt's about English
45818
edited yesterday
virolino
2,6371428
asked yesterday
It's about EnglishIt's about English
45818
edited yesterday
virolino
2,6371428
edited yesterday
virolino
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edited yesterday
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It's about EnglishIt's about English
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It's about EnglishIt's about English
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It's about EnglishIt's about English
45818
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in could be used too, "I get happiness and satisfaction in helping people."
– Bella Swan
yesterday
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in could be used too, "I get happiness and satisfaction in helping people."
– Bella Swan
yesterday
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in could be used too, "I get happiness and satisfaction in helping people."
– Bella Swan
yesterday
in could be used too, "I get happiness and satisfaction in helping people."
– Bella Swan
yesterday
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I get happiness and satisfaction by/from helping people.
Either version is correct. You can't go wrong with either one. I can't say one sounds better than the other.
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Either version is correct. You can't go wrong with either one. I can't say one sounds better than the other.
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