The prepositions “from” and “from” mean the same thing – removal or departure from somewhere. Therefore, they are often confused in speech. You must have heard at least once in your life (and maybe even said) “from school” or “from Moscow”, “from Ryazan”. A simple life hack will help you stop making mistakes.

“From” and “from” are paired prepositions that have constant antonyms. When talking about arriving somewhere, “from” is always replaced by “to”, and “from” by “to”.

If you don’t know which preposition to choose, ask the question “where?” to the word. If you start the answer with the preposition “to”, then you need to say “from”, and if from “in” – “from”. For example:

• Katya flew (where?) to Domodedovo. In five minutes she will come out of him (not “from him”).
• Oleg went (where?) To the north. He will return from the north next year (not “from the north”).