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    (to) draw a conclusion of / from / about

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    (to) draw a conclusion of / from / about

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    Hello everyone!

    I'm looking for some clarification on when to use of, from, or about in combination with "draw a conclusion"

    Some random google hits:
    - "This is the way to draw a conclusion of something that happened in the past"
    - "These banks enable us also to draw a conclusion of another nature"
    - "From this we can draw a conclusion of some importance for the analysis of social justice"
    - "In order to be able to draw a conclusion of the experiments on the expression of the z, y and i factors, it is necessary to find conditions where the merozygotes, ..." → shouldn't it be "from"?
    - "How to draw a conclusion about an hypothesis if one study ..."
    - "Why can't you draw a conclusion about the effect of one variable in an experiment when the others are not controlled"
    - "What possible relevance can statements about the sample be in helping us draw a conclusion about the population?"
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    My thoughts so far:
    - (to) draw a conclusion FROM facts/observations/experiments/experiences
    - (to) draw a conclusion OF importance/another nature → so the 'of' "belongs" to the following part and not to the "draw a conclusion" part?
    - (to) draw a conclusion ABOUT a certain topic (but from observations)

    The differentiation between "of" and "from" doesn't always seem very strict, but using them interchangeably doesn't feel right, either.
    Is it ok to use either one in formal or informal speech? Or is that ungrammatical?
    AuthorLSP (757167) 14 Aug 14, 14:29
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    I'd say conclusions are drawn from one or more contributing factors or occurrences, but you draw conclusions of a certain type or nature. Conclusions about something would be the same as conclusions regarding/pertaining to something.
    #1Author dude (253248) 14 Aug 14, 14:35
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    Exactly.
    @LSP: Your 1st and 4th search engine hits are wrong/non-standard.
    #2Authorcodero (790632) 14 Aug 14, 14:39
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    Great. Thanks!
    #3AuthorLSP (757167) 14 Aug 14, 17:23
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    agree with #1

    it seems one would use ...conclusion of to indicate what your conclusion is: guilty / not guilty, death by natural causes, etc.

    from is used to indicate your facts to draw your conclusion.

    about tougher to answer. it seems more indicative of what is the matter / issue / case. Draw conclusions about the... cause of death, ...about the state of the economy, etc.

    Perhaps: Make a conclusion about...what?

    I wouldn't quite say of and from are interchangeable or seem interchangeable to me. Their role in the sentence is quite specific: one pointing to the facts to derive the conclusion; the other being the conclusion.
    #4Author Mein Fritz (862420) 14 Aug 14, 18:17
     
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