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Makiasan Posted 12 years ago
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a city, which is (in) a state

I grew up in Sakai City, which is (in) Southern Osaka.

Do you always need the word "in", in sentences like this? I googled and there are lots of sentences without "in".

Thank you.
  

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I grew up in Sakai City, which is in southern Osaka prefecture. Makiasan Do you always need the word "in", in sentences like this? I googled and there are lots of sentences without "in".

— Mister Micawber

  • I grew up in Sakai City, which is in southern Osaka prefecture.
  • Makiasan Do you always need the word "in", in sentences like this?
  • I googled and there are lots of sentences without "in".
  • Post a few and we'll explain why they have omitted it.
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I grew up in Sakai City, which is in southern Osaka prefecture.
MakiasanDo you always need the word "in", in sentences like this? I googled and there are lots of sentences without "in".
Post a few and we'll explain why they have omitted it.
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Post a few and we'll explain why they have omitted it.
Here are two sentences I picked up on google results.

1. Going there, making that film being in Zimbabwe, which is southern Rhodesia, which had just been through 20 years of fighting, I felt that these people wanted peace.

2. Nasdaq is in the financial district, which is southern M
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1. Going there, making that film being in Zimbabwe, which is southern Rhodesia, which had just been through 20 years of fighting, I felt that these people wanted peace. — Zimbabwe is the current name of the former southern Rhodesia.

2. Nasdaq is in the financial district, which is southern Manhattan, is it not?— Similarly here: the financial district
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Thank you so much, Mr. Micawber!!

Maki
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