English usually uses amazed at for reactions and amazed by for causes or agents. The active verb amaze normally takes a direct object without a preposition.
The verb amaze usually takes a direct object: The results amazed us. In passive or adjective-like use, amazed at is common for reactions to facts or events, while amazed by is common for the thing or person causing the feeling.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use amaze directly with the person or group that feels surprise.
Amazed at often introduces the situation that causes surprise.
Amazed by commonly focuses on the person, action, or quality creating amazement.
Amazing to describes how something appears from another person's perspective.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
The active verb amaze normally takes a direct object.
✕ The performance amazed at us. ✓ The performance amazed us.Both are possible, but they highlight different things.
✕ She was amazed by how fast the train arrived. ✓ She was amazed at how fast the train arrived.Do not add a preposition after amaze before the affected person.
✕ The discovery amazed to scientists. ✓ The discovery amazed scientists.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. In active sentences, amaze normally takes a direct object: The news amazed us.
Both are standard. Amazed at often focuses on a situation or fact, while amazed by often focuses on a person, action, or quality.
Yes. You can say things like I was amazed at how quickly they finished.
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