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certain of/about

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They felt quite certain …. their failure.

a) of
b) about

I think, the two answers are possible here.
My questions:
1) Are the two prepositions always interchangeable?
2) Which one is more often used?

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Re: certain of/about

Post by Alan »

Your example is strange with either!
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