" Acquitted of the
charge.
In, Into
Into implies direction or motion. "They walked into the church," means
that they entered it from the outside. "They walked in the church,"
means that they walked back and forth within the church.
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"The vessel is in port." "She came into port yesterday."
Of, In
"There was no use of asking his permission, for he would not grant
it." In asking.
In, On
"He is a person in whom you can rely." "That is a man in whose
statements you can depend." Use on for in.
To, With
Two persons are reconciled to each other; two doctrines or measures
are reconciled with each other when they are made to agree.
"This noun is in apposition to that." Use with.
With, By
These two prepositions are often confounded. They have a similarity of
signification with a difference of use. Both imply a connection
between some instrument or means and the agent by whom it is used.
With signifies the closer relation and by the more remote one.
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