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Tomasz Klepinowski Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Above or over in this sentence? or either?

I had to yell at the top of my voice to make him hear me above the noise.

I had to yell at the top of my voice to make him hear me over the noise

Is only one of these prepositions suitable or either?
  

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I had to yell at the top of my voice to make him hear me over the noise Use either.

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  • I had to yell at the top of my voice to make him hear me over the noise Use either.
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Tomasz KlepinowskiI had to yell at the top of my voice to make him hear me above the noise.I had to yell at the top of my voice to make him hear me over the noise
Use either.
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In the US, you will hear "shout at the top of my lungs" to mean "yell as loudly as I could."

Certainly you will hear "at the top of my voice" as well, but I believe "at the top of my lungs" is more common.
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BarbaraPAI believe "at the top of my lungs" is more common.
Me too. Still, I was surprised to find that this has not always been so.

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