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what preposition come after "obsessed"?
I'm a little confused about what preposition comes after adjective "obsessed"
As a society, we're obsessed by sex.
As a society, we're obsessed with sex.
which one is correct?
31 de ago. de 2019 15:52
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3
"obsessed with" is the correct phrase
31 de agosto de 2019
2
Both "obsessed with" and "obsessed by" are correct. In fiction, "obsessed with" became more common after 1960.
Here is a Google N-gram.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=obsessed+with%2Cobsessed+by&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=16&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cobsessed%20with%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cobsessed%20by%3B%2Cc0
31 de agosto de 2019
1
It is correct to say "obsessed with" something. So, "As a society, we're obsessed with sex" would be correct.
31 de agosto de 2019
i saw it with "with" in a book
31 de agosto de 2019
with
31 de agosto de 2019
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Milad
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Inglés, Alemán, Persa (farsi)
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