I'd like to know if, in English, there are more cases when the preposition changes for the negation (or eventually with some other change of gramatical context), the same or similar to "on" -> "of" with "independent"
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There are several words which can, sometimes, take a preposition in the positive but never to my knowledge take one in the negative. I'm thinking of 'block up'/'unblock' and 'lit up'/'unlit' for instance but the nearest I can get to one where a preposition changes with negation, and even then the prepositions are not always used, is the word 'shipped' where we can say 'shipped aboard' or 'shipped onto' but the negative is 'unshipped from'. It's probable that someone will prove me wrong so I've posted this as a comment.– BoldBenCommented Sep 13, 2020 at 0:06
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I don't follow you. "Depend" is a verb and "independent" is an adjective, the latter typically taking an of phrase complement.– BillJCommented Sep 13, 2020 at 9:23
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@BillJ I prefere adjectives, but so far I do not care for word cathegory. Something depends on circumstances versus manufacturers are dependent on their supplies link for example. The feature I am interested in is the change of the preposition when negation is introduced. independent of the observer link negation link– IndepeCommented Sep 13, 2020 at 23:06
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