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<Example> 'I was tired from being a bookkeeper.'

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Mar 24th 2011 01:55
When I was a high school student, my English teachers said like this.

The phrase 'be tired from doing' means ～して疲れた and 'be tired of doing' means ～することに飽きた. Whether the preposition used in the idiom is OF or FROM leads very huge difference. So everyone, don't make a mistake!

But the other day I was surprised to hear in fact the phrase 'be tired from doing' doesn't exist.

Is this true? I want to know the truth!

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mparthur
Mar 24th 2011 02:06
I don't know where you heard that "be tired from doing" doesn't exist, because it does. It's not very common, but it is used sometimes.

e.g. I was tired from playing tennis so I fell asleep quickly
Trifena N
Mar 24th 2011 16:08
i don't know for sure but i find a lot of sentences use " be tired from or be tired of". and i'm sure there are a lot structure that need to understand and practice more.
by reading cybernews or watching english movies i think we'll find a lot of usual english structure^___^
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