Exert is commonly followed by on when talking about force, pressure, or influence. Exert by is not a normal verb-preposition combination.
Use exert on when describing pressure, force, or influence affecting someone or something. Exert by is generally not idiomatic as a fixed pattern.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Exert on is standard when the object affected follows on.
Use exert influence on for social, political, or personal influence.
By introduces the method and is not directly selected by exert.
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.
Exert is not normally followed directly by by.
✕ They exerted by the workers. ✓ They exerted pressure on the workers.Pressure and influence usually take on before the affected target.
✕ The rules exert pressure employees. ✓ The rules exert pressure on employees.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. You can say exert pressure, exert force, or exert influence.
Not as a fixed verb-preposition combination. By normally introduces method, as in by exerting effort.
Common nouns include pressure, force, influence, control, and effort.
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