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Yukineko
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 Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:44 am Post subject: Would you tell me how to use the word "irritate"? |
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Hello teachers. I would like to know how to use the word "irritate."
Are these sentences below correct?
1. What makes me irritated is people who eat popcorn in a movie theater.
2. I am irritated with people who eat popcorn in a movie theater.
3. I am irritated at junk e-mails.
I have heard we use "at" after "irritated" when referring to "something," and we use "with" when referring to "somebody." Is it correct?
Thanks in advance.
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dragn
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| I have heard we use "at" after "irritated" when referring to "something," and we use "with" when referring to "somebody." Is it correct? |
No, it's nonsense. This sounds like yet another example of the old "let's turn a slight tendency into a rule" routine that is so popular in Asian textbooks. You can be irritated with or at either a thing or a person. All four combinations are acceptable.
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