specific to/ of

[Inara]

Hello, friends!
Could anybody tell me which preposition to use in the sentance provided?

"The autoantibodies are directed against proteins specific of/ to the thyroid cell: the microsomal antigen, thyroglobuline and TSH receptor. "

Thank you in advance!
Inara

 

[panjandrum]

Specific to sounds more appropriate.
But that comment is based on which preposition normally goes with specific, not on understanding of the sentence.

 

[Dimcl]

Hello, friends!
Could anybody tell me which preposition to use in the sentance provided?

"The autoantibodies are directed against proteins specific of/ to the thyroid cell: the microsomal antigen, thyroglobuline and TSH receptor. "

Thank you in advance!
Inara

It would be "specific to...", Inara. Same idea as "Gray hair is usually specific to older people" or "yolks are specific to eggs", etc.

 

[Setwale_Charm]

"specific to"
but maybe "characteristic /typical of"
Don`t know whether any of these are appropriate to the context though.

 

[Inara]

thanks for your help, good people!
btw, in Google, there are 398000!!! entries for "specific of", that's why I got confused

 

[Setwale_Charm]

And 37 700 000 for "specific to"!! Not all people are as intelligent as us here, Inara-djan. We just learn to treat them kindly.

 

[cuchuflete]

thanks for your help, good people!
btw, in Google, there are 398000!!! entries for "specific of", that's why I got confused

Google is the most comprehensive repository of linguistic error known to human kind.

That comment is not specific to your particular example.

 

[olivinha]

Hello.
May add my question to this thread?

Here is the sentence I have:
Prices should consider all sources of card revenues including annual cardholders' fees,... and separate the fees that are specific of ATM transactions from those of POS transactions.

So should I substitute both of's for to?

Thanks,
O

 

[MichaelW]

specific to ATM transactions from those of POS transactions

it works as
"the fees specific to ATM transactions"
"from the fees of POS transactions"

 

[Carmen16]

Hope this helps!

Prepositions after "specific": specific to, about, in, for or on?