Surprised at/about/of/by

EStjarn said:

I notice some native English-speaking members have used surprised about in their replies over the years (mainly BrE speakers, in fact), the I’m not surprised about that, pops, because it is often claimed that AE doesn’t possess [ɔ:].

It’s not clear what your query is, WildWest. Are you doubting the collocation’s legitimacy?I notice some native English-speaking members have usedin their replies over the years (mainly BrE speakers, in fact), the most recent submitted a couple of days ago:

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(I was logging in through my mobile phone, hence I failed in completing my sentence properly)

My question, as you said up there, is about the legitimacy of the collocation, indeed. Things get serious when it comes to those little prepositions that follow an adjective, and I just wanted to know if using “about” instead of “by” or “at” makes a difference. Considering his answer in an ordinary thread and the fact that the word “about” was used in a famous American TV series, the answers is apparently not. It doesn’t matter which word you use. However, I guess it would still be the best if we take some native speakers’ advice. Perhaps, they may have something else to say.

(I was logging in through my mobile phone, hence I failed in completing my sentence properly)My question, as you said up there, is about the legitimacy of the collocation, indeed. Things get serious when it comes to those little prepositions that follow an adjective, and I just wanted to know if using “about” instead of “by” or “at” makes a difference. Considering his answer in an ordinary thread and the fact that the word “about” was used in a famous American TV series, the answers is apparently not. It doesn’t matter which word you use. However, I guess it would still be the best if we take some native speakers’ advice. Perhaps, they may have something else to say.