Stop saying: “The price depends of the season.”

Say instead: “The price depends on the season.” · B1 · Prepositions

✗ Wrong

The price depends of the season.

✓ Correct

The price depends on the season.

Why?

Depend is always followed by on in English. Say depends on, depending on, and it depends on you. Of never follows depend, in any tense or form.

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🎙️ REAL VOICES

The three correct examples below, in a real voice.

✗ It depends of your answer.

✓ It depends on your answer.

✗ Our plans depend of the weather in Boston.

✓ Our plans depend on the weather in Boston.

✗ Success depends of hard work.

✓ Success depends on hard work.

Depend leans on — always on.

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