Find fault in or with ?

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Find fault in or with ?

jocruz

Find fault in or with ?

Hello everyone,

Which answer do you think is correct in the following sentence?

My colleague always finds fault ______ others but never _______ himself.

a) in/with b) in/in c) with/with or d) with/in

I think it ï¿½s b), but I ï¿½m not sure.

Thanks
Jo

15 Apr 2010

lovemykids

Hi jocruz! You find fault in or look for faults in sb or sth. So the correct option is b)

Big Hug

15 Apr 2010

lshorton99

I ï¿½d have to disagree - you find fault with someone or something. It ï¿½s c).

15 Apr 2010

anaisabel001

If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.

You can have a look here:

http://diccionario.reverso.net/ingles-cobuild/fault

Hope it helps!

15 Apr 2010

L. habach

I find fault WITH someone

so my choice is c)

15 Apr 2010

lovemykids

You are right. I got confused because fault finding as a noun is the act of looking for faults IN sb or sth. I apologise for making a mistake

15 Apr 2010