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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
a change in something/to something
Hello,
I am probably wrong, but don't we say: "We have to make major changes to the system", but "There has been no change in his condition"? Merriam Webster's Dictionary says that both can be used, but that's not the case in my experience.
Thank you.
I am probably wrong, but don't we say: "We have to make major changes to the system", but "There has been no change in his condition"? Merriam Webster's Dictionary says that both can be used, but that's not the case in my experience.
Thank you.
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Gene93 don't we say: "We have to make major changes to the system", but "There has been no change in his condition"? Yes, but you can also use 'in' also in the first sentence, at least, and 'to' doesn't sound terribly wrong in the second. Gene93 Merriam Webster's Dictionary says that both can be used, but that's not the case in my experience.
- Gene93 don't we say: "We have to make major changes to the system", but "There has been no change in his condition"?
- Yes, but you can also use 'in' also in the first sentence, at least, and 'to' doesn't sound terribly wrong in the second.
- Gene93 Merriam Webster's Dictionary says that both can be used, but that's not the case in my experience.
- I'm sure there are many constructions is which one is much more frequent than the other.
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Gene93don't we say: "We have to make major changes to the system", but "There has been no change in his condition"?Yes, but you can also use 'in' also in the first sentence, at least, and 'to' doesn't sound terribly wrong in the second.
Gene93Merriam Webster's Dictionary says that both can be used, but that's not the case in my experie
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