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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
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A pilot of

Do I say,

(a) My ambition is to to work as a pilot in an aeroplane.

(b) I am a pilot of an aeroplane.
  

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Use "of" not "in" but better is My ambition is to work as an aeroplane (airplane for me) pilot. I am an aeroplane pilot. And yes, there are other types of pilots, so saying airplane pilot is not as redundant as it may first appear.

— BarbaraPA

  • Use "of" not "in" but better is My ambition is to work as an aeroplane (airplane for me) pilot.
  • I am an aeroplane pilot.
  • And yes, there are other types of pilots, so saying airplane pilot is not as redundant as it may first appear.
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Use "of" not "in" but better is My ambition is to work as an aeroplane (airplane for me) pilot.
I am an aeroplane pilot.

And yes, there are other types of pilots, so saying airplane pilot is not as redundant as it may first appear.
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Grammar GeekI am an aeroplane pilot.
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