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Get the path "to" vs "of" vs "for" a file?

A method to get the path of the file. Of = that is contextually associated with - compare "The key of the door." A method to get the path to a file. to = that is towards; that is in the ...
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Get the path "to" vs "of" vs "for" a file?

If you are asking about the usage or selection of prepositions, I would say that to is always suitable for the context. Under the presupposition or implication that there is only one path for a ...
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Do we ever use "treatment with" instead of "treatment of"?

Do we ever use "treatment with" instead of "treatment of"? Yes: Treatment with antibiotics was ineffective. Treatment of the disease was particularly cruel. With and of are ...
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Is "[...]by only no state-prison offenses correct[...]?

Follow the semicolons . . . (a paraphrase) : I know, based on experience, that many of you are: trying to get out of debt; still dying for the coin; promising to pay tomorrow and dying insolvent ...
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Is "[...]by only no state-prison offenses correct[...]?

As I read it (with much of the verbage removed): It is very evident what mean and sneaking lives many of you live, for my sight has been whetted by experience; always on the limits, trying to get into ...
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What role does the preposition “with” play in this sentence?

In both examples, with heads a preposition phrase that acts as adjunct (modifier or 'adverbial' if you prefer) in clause structure. In the first example the adjunct is understood as one of reason, and ...
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Is it correct to say "he led me through a path"?

According to Google‘s English Dictionary (provided by OxfordLanguages) we have the following definition: Through: moving in one side and out of the other side of (an opening, channel, or location). ...
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Grammatical error in the expression "what would occur without"

Is Ci essential to the capability to detect objects? What would occur without? "Without" is a preposition, and it requires an object. It can't be a stranded preposition with "what"...
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With adjective uses of the to-infinitive like 'a place to live in', is the preposition 'in' necessary?

This is, as Lawler notes, a fixed phrase. But it works with other infinitives also: you can say "a place to eat" but not *"a park to eat" or *"I eat the place." ...
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