Your team member sends you an update saying they'll handle the budget "after the meeting in Friday." You understand what they mean, but something feels off. Or you're drafting an email to leadership about a cross-departmental initiative, and you keep second-guessing whether to write "meeting about the strategy" or "meeting on the strategy." These aren't grammar mistakes that break communication. They're precision gaps that make otherwise competent professionals sound less polished than they actually are.

This episode focuses on four prepositions that appear in nearly every professional email, meeting request, and status update you write: about, for, of, and after. Getting these right doesn't just improve clarity. It changes how authoritative you sound when assigning responsibilities, how professional your scheduling language feels, and whether your organizational references land with the precision expected at senior levels.

The episode includes email phrases you can adapt immediately, a workplace dialogue showing all four prepositions in natural context, and explanations of why certain patterns sound awkward to native speakers even when they're technically grammatically correct.

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50. Preposition Mastery - About, For, Of, and After. Handling Tasks, Responsibilities, and Follow-Ups (Part 2 of 5)

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