| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| combines most commonly with the prepositions with, meaning “to disagree,” as in The author and the editor differ with each other over what constitutes sexual stereotyping, and from, meaning “is unlike,” as in Their diet differs markedly from ours. Other prepositions occurring with differ also mean “to disagree”: on and over (Tom and I differ on [over] nearly every political issue); as to and about (She and her husband differed as to [about] what time to set the alarm). The preposition among used with differ means “have opposing opinions”: The professors differed among themselves on the proper way to phrase the resolution. All these are Standard idioms. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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