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Wrong Expression: Is 'She is Pregnant FOR him' wrong or correct ? by kingIfey(op): 6:16pm On Feb 14, 2019
She is pregnant for me ❌
My classmate is pregnant for her dad's driver❌

Why are those sentences wrong?

Pregnant can go with a few prepositions, for example: pregnant for, pregnant by and pregnant with.

Pregnant for: this goes with a period of time.e.g she was pregnant for three months before she began taking the drugs.

Pregnant by : this is used with somebody, usually the person who got someone pregnant.

She is pregnant by me ✔
My classmate is pregnant by her dad's driver✔

Finally , pregnant with is easy to understand.

She is pregnant with a child.✔

Native speakers in Australia still say 'pregnant to someone'.
When you are pregnant to someone , that person is responsible for it.

People hardly use 'pregnant with a child' because once you say 'she is pregnant', you wouldn't expect any other thing other than a child. A human can't be pregnant with puppies �.

You can say,

'when my mum was pregnant with me, she ate a lot of bat pepper soup' , maybe that's why I'm hairy�

Alright, I hope you understood the post. Share this with someone.

So you can ask

Whom are you pregnant by?✔

Not

Who are you pregnant for?❌


The class is done and dusted

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Re: Wrong Expression: Is 'She is Pregnant FOR him' wrong or correct ? by Nobody: 12:45am On Feb 15, 2019
kingIfey:
She is pregnant for me ❌
My classmate is pregnant for her dad's driver❌

Why are those sentences wrong?

Pregnant can go with a few prepositions, for example: pregnant for, pregnant by and pregnant with.

Pregnant for: this goes with a period of time.e.g she was pregnant for three months before she began taking the drugs.

Pregnant by : this is used with somebody, usually the person who got someone pregnant.

She is pregnant by me ✔
My classmate is pregnant by her dad's driver✔

Finally , pregnant with is easy to understand.

She is pregnant with a child.✔

Native speakers in Australia still say 'pregnant to someone'.
When you are pregnant to someone , that person is responsible for it.

People hardly use 'pregnant with a child' because once you say 'she is pregnant', you wouldn't expect any other thing other than a child. A human can't be pregnant with puppies �.

You can say,

'when my mum was pregnant with me, she ate a lot of bat pepper soup' , maybe that's why I'm hairy�

Alright, I hope you understood the post. Share this with someone.

So you can ask

Whom are you pregnant by?✔

Not

Who are you pregnant for?❌


The class is done and dusted

Www.kingifey.com

I am your resident linguist and I love to see you prosper


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6g_Z69eeyk

##ComeToClassWithKingIfey
Good job
Re: Wrong Expression: Is 'She is Pregnant FOR him' wrong or correct ? by kingIfey(op): 7:04am On Feb 15, 2019
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Good job
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