Thursday, August 4, 2016

idioms - Somebody's wife got pregnant


Jane got pregnant from Tom. I mean Tom will be a father. I am not sure if "from" is a proper word in that case.


And the second problem. Tom got to know that he would get to be a father. Or would become a father. Any common expressions or idioms for that?



Answer





Jane got pregnant from Tom. I mean Tom will be a father. I am not sure if "from" is a proper word in that case.



No it isn't; the proper form would be: Jane got pregnant by Tom.


Examples of usage:



Teacher turns herself in after allegedly getting pregnant by 13-year-old.
http://nypost.com/2017/01/13/teacher-who-got-pregnant-by-13-year-old-student-gets-10-years-in-jail/


"PREGNANT BY YOUR HUSBAND'S BOYFRIEND"
https://www.amazon.com/PREGNANT-YOUR-HUSBANDS-BOYFRIEND-LINETTE-ebook/dp/B01IAYKG2Y/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1484736530&sr=1-6




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