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Both prepositions are acceptable in a main clause: X originated in Y. X originated from Y. The spark that set the stable on fire originated ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "Originatein"or"originatefrom"? AskQuestion Asked 3years,8monthsago Modified 3years,8monthsago Viewed 7ktimes 1 TellmepleasewhichprepositionIhavetouseafterthewordoriginateinthefollowingsentence. Iknowwhatthisphrasemeans,butitdifficulttotellwhereitoriginatesin/from. grammarprepositions Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedAug27,2018at14:46 DmytroO'HopeDmytroO'Hope 14.2k2525goldbadges121121silverbadges256256bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 1 Bothprepositionsareacceptableinamainclause: XoriginatedinY XoriginatedfromY Thesparkthatsetthestableonfireoriginatedfromasmokestacknearby. Thesespeciesoriginatedintheseabutmigratedintofreshwater. Withrespectyouruseinthewhere-clause,Iwouldsay: Iknowwhatthisphrasemeans,butitisdifficulttotellwhereitoriginated. Youreallydon'tneedaprepositionthere,butifyouaregoingtouseone,usefrom,asuser3169pointedoutinthecommentbelow: ...Youcannottellfromwhereitoriginatedyes ...Youcannottellinwhereitoriginatedno So: Youcannottellwhereitoriginatedfrom. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedAug27,2018at20:42 answeredAug27,2018at15:43 TᴚoɯɐuoTᴚoɯɐuo 118k77goldbadges9696silverbadges196196bronzebadges 2 Hmm...Iwouldusefromsinceyoucanalsowrite"itisdifficulttotellfromwhereitoriginates".Youcan'tuseinthisway. – user3169 Aug27,2018at20:21 @user3169:Rightyouare.IwasthinkingofXoriginatesinYandXoriginatesfromYinisolation,notinthecontextofthisparticularsentencewithitswhere-clause.Iwouldn'tuseaprepositionwiththewhere-clauseinanycase.Iwilledittheanswer. – Tᴚoɯɐuo Aug27,2018at20:31 Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedgrammarprepositions. FeaturedonMeta HowmighttheStagingGround&thenewAskWizardworkontheStackExchange... Related 3 Doublepreposition? 3 defendfromvs.defendagainst 0 Whatisthemeaningof"grainsoriginatefromactivejetsthatspray"? 1 Passeddown/handeddownby/from 0 Frombehind-prepositionoradverb? 0 Theuseofthepreposition"about"withtheverb"wonder" 1 "shiveratthethoughtof"orshiverfromthethoughtof"? 0 "Accesstheinternetonmyphone"or"accesstheinternetfrommyphone"? HotNetworkQuestions CanATCprovidevectorsandseparationservicetoandbetweenIFRaircraftinareaswhereradarcoveragedoesnotexistusingADS-Bonly? Manhuaaboutateenagerwhoseesamanpracticingswordfightinginhisdreams,whichpromptshimtostartpracticingswordfightinghimself CanIconvertaWTBLaserDiscLitehubto15mmthruaxle? WhatshouldbeusedinsteadofMisterinaformalsettingwhenforeigntitlesareinvolved? HowtoCombinea3DPlotanda2DDensityPlot? Dotwoobjectswithintersectingorbitshavetocollidegivenenoughtime? Isthenumber4reallyconsideredunluckybecauseitsoundssimilartothewordfor"death"? Whywouldadesirabletechnologyremainforbiddendespiteprogressoftimeandcivilization? Bulletsnotalignedwithequation HowdoImakeevenlayersofpureefordehydrator? WhyipsaandnotipsaeinPsalms42:3? Catchtheinvisibleandomniscientthief Whatisthemaximumdistancebetweentwosatellitesorbitingat400kmthatwouldstillallowthemtocommunicatewitheachotherusingradiowaves? FleetManagement:Howtoallocatevehiclesbetweendepartments Intheclassic"Windows98crashesliveonCNN"video,whydoestheBSODappearsooddly? CanIwriteasystematicreviewasanundergraduateandgetitpublishedinajournal? Isitcorrecttosay"Iprefertogetrefundedonmyoriginalaccount"? BeingunderminedasaTAovergrading Whyiszshlisteningonport22? Whydotheleadsofsomeresistorshaveholes? WhenwastheGospelofMarkwritten? \NewDocumentEnvironmenteatsthefirstnon-lettertokenwhenusedforverbatimenvironment LogicofBivvyBagfortheU.K? Whyaretheretwo“is”’sin:Whyisyawningiscontagious? morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings  

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