Report combines with several prepositions depending on meaning. Report on is common for topics, while report to is used for supervisors or authorities.
Use report on a topic, report to a person or authority, and report in for communication format or language. By and from usually add method or source information rather than forming fixed verb patterns.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
On introduces the topic being discussed or investigated.
To introduces the person, manager, or authority receiving the report.
In can describe language, style, or communication format.
By introduces the source or agent in passive structures.
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.
Use report to when naming the authority or supervisor.
✕ report on the manager every morning ✓ report to the manager every morningReport on is the common pattern for subjects.
✕ report the economy ✓ report on the economyBy names the reporting source in passive clauses; from names a location or origin.
✕ The event was reported from local media. ✓ The event was reported by local media.In usually describes format or language, not the topic.
✕ report in the accident ✓ report on the accidentChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Report on means discuss a topic. Report to means give information to a person or authority.
Yes. From introduces the place where someone is reporting.
It is less common as a fixed pattern, but natural for language, style, or format, such as report in writing.
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