[Prepositions] Using by and with to express how something is done

By

by is used for means of transportation and communication

by (air)plane	by subway	by mail	by air
by boat	by taxi	by phone	by land
by bus	by train	by fax	by sea
by car	by foot

others

by chance	by mistake	by check
by choice	by hand	by credit card

With

with is used for instruments or parts of the body

with an ax	with a broom	with her finger
with my hand.

compare by hand and with my hand

by hand is usually used to mean that something was made by a person, not by a machine.

This rug was made by hand.

with my hand

I touched his shouder with my hand.

Pat turned off the tape recorder by pushing the stop button.

Andrea stirred her coffee with a spoon.

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I figured out what "quench" means by guessing.

Alex caught my attention by waving his arms in the air.

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搭配/陪伴

I swept the floor with a broom.

I sewed a button on my shirt with a needle and thread.

I cut the wood with a saw.

I took my temperature with a thermometer.

I stirred my coffee with a spoon.

I dug a hole in the ground with shovel.

I nailed two pieces of wood together with a hammer.

I cut the paper with a pair of scissors.

有傳輸都用 by

7. Some advertisers try to reach target audiences by mail.

9. I called Bill "Paul" by mistake.

10. The fastest way to send a copy of a piece of paper halfway around the world is by fax.

12. Some people pay their bills by computer.

13. Sally protected her eyes from the sun with her hand.

14. My grandmother makes tablecloths by hand.