Fill in the blanks with a correct preposition.The store room was infested _____ rats.

Question

Can it be 'by rats'?

Answer 1

The store room was infested WITH rats.

Answer 2

With.

Answer 3

the answer must be"BY"

Answer 4

um, with?

Answer 5

With or By. A preposition is a noun connecting things that indicate a  relation to each other. Either one of these words should work.

Answer 6

by

Answer 7

With sounds more right.

Answer 8

WITH

:)

Answer 9

with

Answer 10

No 'by rats' will be a bit improper becoz, infest means to inhabit or over run in large numbers which is considered to be harmful..so a store room can be overrun by rats. However, when 'infest' is used, the most proper preposition will be 'With rats'. Rats did not infest but only the room was infested with something..right...so the room cannot be infested by rats but infested with rats..when 'by' is used, it means like the rats tried to bring a group of cockroaches and made the room get infested..then u could say, infested by rats (with something, in our eg.with cockroaches)..hope i made it little clear...