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Adsfaf Posted 8 years ago
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Are there differences between in and from in this examples?

The people in/from this city are very picky.

The characters in/from the story are too overpowered.

  

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Context decides it. The people in this city are very picky. We use this while we are in the city referred to here.

  • Context decides it.
  • The people in this city are very picky.
  • We use this while we are in the city referred to here.
  • We use this also when pointing out the city on a map etc.
  • Assume a meeting involving people from different cities is taking place in a different location.
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Context decides it.

The people in this city are very picky. We use this while we are in the city referred to here. We use this also when pointing out the city on a map etc.


Assume a meeting involving people from different cities is taking place in a different location.

Then, we can say "The people from this city are very picky is OK.


As for the

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