Government combines with several prepositions depending on meaning, including authority, employment, responsibility, and purpose.
Use government of for a country's governing body, in government for participation or office, by government for actions taken by authorities, to government after nouns like response, and for government for purpose or support.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Government of identifies the authority of a country or region.
In government refers to political office or public administration.
By government identifies the actor behind a policy or action.
To government usually depends on another word such as aid, response, or access.
For government shows intended use or support.
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.
Government officials or the government may sound more natural depending on context.
✕ a law created by government ✓ a law created by the governmentIn government refers to participation. Of government names the authority itself.
✕ she worked of government ✓ she worked in governmentTo government usually depends on another noun or verb.
✕ government to education ✓ government support for educationChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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They are similar, but in government usually means holding a public administrative or political role.
Yes in some headline or institutional styles, but by the government is often more natural in standard prose.
It is usually correct after another word, such as access to government services or aid to government agencies.
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