Prepositions after verbs: S
Compare the prepositions used after English verbs, with concise rules, natural examples, and common mistakes.
sack, by, sack, for, sack, from
"sacrifice for" or "sacrifice to"?
sail from, in, for, to or through?
"salvage from" or "salvage in"?
sanction by, for, in, with or according?
satisfy with, by, in, about or after?
"saturate with" or "saturate in"?
save by, for, from, on or in?
"say in", "say about" or "say to"?
"scan for", "scan in" or "scan through"?
"scar by" or "scar on"?
scatter in, across, around, throughout or on?
score in, on, for, at or with?
scout for, by, in, about or around?
scramble for, to, out, in or on?
"scream at" or "scream for"?
"screw on" or "screw with"?
"scroll through" or "scroll to"?
"seal in" or "seal with"?
search for, on, through, by or in?
"secure by" or "secure in"?
seduce by, with, as, from or in?
see in, as, on, from or by?
"seek for" or "seek after"?
"seem like" or "seem to"?
seep into, through, from, in or out?
seethe with, in, about, under or after?
seize by, on, upon, in or from?
"select for", "select from" or "select by"?
sell to, in, for, at or on?
send to, by, in, for or from?
"separate from" or "separate by"?
"serve as" or "serve in"?
set in, for, by, to or on?
settle in, for, on, into or by?
shake by, with, in, from or like?
"share with", "share in" or "share by"?
shatter by, into, in, on or like?
shear of, between, in, off or at?
"shield from", "shield with" or "shield by"?
"shift to" or "shift from"?
"shine in" or "shine on"?
"shoot in" or "shoot at"?
"shop for" or "shop at"?
shout at, for, in, to or from?
shower with, on, upon, at or by?
"show in", "show by" or "show on"?
shrink from, in, by, to or as?
"shrug off" or "shrug at"?
shudder at, with, in, to or under?
shun by, for, to, away or from?
shut off, out, on, for or behind?
sift through, from, thru, about or around?
sign by, up, for, with or in?
"simmer for" or "simmer in"?
sin against, by, in, outside or as?
sing in, by, about, for or with?
"sink into", "sink to" or "sink in"?
sip on, through, from, in or rather?
"sit in" or "sit on"?