Transmit commonly takes to for receivers and through for channels. By, from, and in usually introduce method, source, or medium rather than being fixed verb patterns.
Use transmit to for the receiver of information or disease. Use transmit through for the channel or medium. By, from, and in can add extra details about method, source, or form.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
To introduces the person, device, or place receiving information, energy, or disease.
Through names the system, material, or process carrying something.
By introduces the method or technology used for transmission.
From identifies where the transmission starts.
In can describe the language, code, or form used during transmission.
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.
Through describes a channel, not the person receiving something.
✕ The company transmitted the files through the client. ✓ The company transmitted the files to the client.By usually describes a method, while through highlights a channel or route.
✕ The data was transmitted through satellite. ✓ The data was transmitted by satellite.In does not normally introduce the receiver of a transmission.
✕ The report was transmitted in headquarters. ✓ The report was transmitted to headquarters.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. You can say transmit data, transmit energy, or transmit a disease directly with an object.
No. It can describe digital, social, or biological channels as well as physical ones.
By focuses on the method or technology, while through focuses on the channel or route.
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