Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word
“Don’t blame me ______ what happened. It wasn’t my fault.”
a) for
b) of
c) about
d) at

Answer 1

Hint: The usage of a preposition is fundamental to a sentence. It talks about the position of any subject. For example, she went to the market. Here “to” is the preposition indicating that she is either on her way to the market or at the market.

Complete answer:
The correct option for the given question is option a. You blame a person for something. She blamed him for stealing her chocolates. Similarly, the person is asking others not to blame her for something that happened since it was not her fault.
Option b is wrong because “of” generally denotes the constituent material of any object. For example, the glass is full of juice. So the glass has juice in it. The dress is made of silk. She is full of pride.
Option c is wrong because “about” is used for something descriptive. For example, the teacher talked about the world wars. Sheetal was talking about her past experiences. World wars and past experiences are highly descriptive.
Option d is wrong since “at” is used to denote a time or place. Meet me at 6 o’clock. She is at the beach. You cannot blame someone at something. It’s incorrect.

Note:
Students might get confused between options a and c. The difference between for and about is that “about” is used for things that are more of stories. The given sentence is talking about a small incident that happened and the person is asking them not to blame her for it. The correct and universally accepted phrase is “blame someone for something”.