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Will benefit or will get benefit?

Will benefit or will get benefit?

He will be benefit/will be benefited from this lesson. The natural way to say this is “He will benefit from this lesson.” You could, perhaps, say “This lesson will benefit him.” However, the the passive transformation of this sentence would be “He will be benefitted by this lesson.” This is horribly awkward.

Which preposition is used with benefit?

When speaking of the person or thing providing benefits, use the preposition of after the plural noun benefits: The benefits of electricity have been invaluable in the areas of health, safety and communications.

Do I have benefits or benefitted?

benefited. These two words mean the same thing; they are alternative spellings of the same verb. Benefited is the standard spelling in American English. British English writers have standardized around benefitted.

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Have benefited meaning?

benefited or benefitted. past participle. benefited or benefitted. DEFINITIONS1. intransitive to get help or an advantage from something.

Will benefit from or of?

In the first, “of” is correct, “from” is maybe possible; in the second “of” would be impossible. It’s not a question of whether “benefit” is a noun or not; the question is whether it’s a benefit being derived from something by someone.

Can we say benefit from?

Benefit is a noun in the first two, but a verb in the others. Note also that the four meanings are distinct. ‘A can be benefit from B’, as a sentence, is not grammatical; I suspect that the uses you have found are sub-clauses, or possibly just early drafts.

What is the correct way to spell benefit?

Benefited is the accepted spelling of this word in American English. The chart below shows the relative frequency at which these terms appear in American books written in English since 1800: As you can see, at least in this time period, benefited has always enjoyed a clear advantage. What does benefitted mean?

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Why is the past tense of ‘benefit’ ‘benefited’?

Here’s why: “benefit” is a regular verb with 3 syllables, so the immediate result when creating the past-tense form is obtained by simply adding the “-ed”. This is how you get the “benefited” version, which is correct.

What is the difference between benefitted and benefitted?

Benefitted is an alternate spelling of the same word. It is applicable to all the same contexts as benefited, with the caveat that benefitted is the preferred form in British English. Examples: King George VI benefitted from the forbidden love between his elder brother and Wallis Simpson.

Is it ‘fit’ or ‘benefit’?

But the word benefit also ends in the syllable “fit”. Another verb itself, “fit” is regular and monosyllabic, respecting the pattern consonant-vowel-consonant.