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A boy asks a person a philanthropist why he helped a lot of people. So he replied:

I get happiness and satisfaction by / from helping people.

So what will be used: from/by?

(I read this somewhere)

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A boy asks a person a philanthropist why he helped a lot of people. So he replied:

I get happiness and satisfaction by / from helping people.

So what will be used: from/by?

(I read this somewhere)

word-usage

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edited Mar 25 at 6:40

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  in could be used too, "I get happiness and satisfaction in helping people."
  
  – Bella Swan
  Mar 25 at 6:37
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

A boy asks a person a philanthropist why he helped a lot of people. So he replied:

I get happiness and satisfaction by / from helping people.

So what will be used: from/by?

(I read this somewhere)

word-usage

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I get happiness and satisfaction by/from helping people.

Either version is correct. You can't go wrong with either one. I can't say one sounds better than the other.

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I get happiness and satisfaction by/from helping people.

Either version is correct. You can't go wrong with either one. I can't say one sounds better than the other.

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I get happiness and satisfaction by/from helping people.

Either version is correct. You can't go wrong with either one. I can't say one sounds better than the other.

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edited Mar 25 at 5:55

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I get happiness and satisfaction by/from helping people.

Either version is correct. You can't go wrong with either one. I can't say one sounds better than the other.

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edited Mar 25 at 5:55

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