Dear friends, could you please tell me what preposission I should use with "to be shocked"? at/with?
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hi eugenia,
you can say "to be shocked at"
i was shocked at the news of his death
"to be shocked that"
i was shocked that such a thing could happen
"to be shocked to"
i was shocked to hear that he had lost his job
or "to be shocked by (somebody or something)"
ciao!!
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be shocked BY / AT something:
I'm shocked by / at the violence.
I'm truly shocked at / by your behaviour.
I hope you were not shocked by / at what I said.
I was quite shocked to see her behaving like that.
I was shocked when I heard the news.
They were shocked that the student cheated at the exam.
Adjectives + BY / AT:
shocked, alarmed, amazed, surprised, astonished, confused
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"SHOCKED WITH"
In addition to Fede's list, you can also use "shocked WITH".
"She was accidentally shocked with 6000 volts of electricity".
"The police officer shocked the criminal with a Taser". (The criminal was shocked with a taser.)
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Hello Eugenia,
There is no "to be shocked with something" .
You can say:
"to be shocked at something" or
"to be shocked by something".
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... was shocked, ...another statement.
....was shocked when.....
....was shocked by....
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