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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

cost

0something costs somebody something . . . something02br
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00what is the correct preposition to fill in the blank?02br
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00for example:02br
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01b00sulphur pollution costs China nearly 45 billion dollars each year ---- lost productivity02b0-
  

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0I'll teach you a trick05102br 02br 00 This this search at Google02br 05000 :02br 01font 00"each year * lost productivity" 02br 02br 00 The quotation marks are important to group up the terms. " It only works on some of the search engines (such as Google). 02br 02br 00You 01b 00will02b 00 find your answer00 this way, if you observe several of the results.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0I'll teach you a trick05102br 02br 00 This this search at Google02br 05000 :02br 01font 00"each year * lost productivity" 02br 02br 00 The quotation marks are important to group up the terms.
  • " It only works on some of the search engines (such as Google).
  • 02br 02br 00You 01b 00will02b 00 find your answer00 this way, if you observe several of the results.
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0I'll teach you a trick05102br
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00 This this search at Google02br
05000 :02br
01font00"each year * lost productivity" 02br
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00 The quotation marks are important to group up the terms. The asterisc (*) is a wildcard meaning "something that can be placed there, in 01b00zero or more
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite10something costs somebody something . . . something12br
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10what is the correct preposition to fill in the blank?12br
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10for example:12br
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11b10sulphur pollution costs China nearly 45 billion dollars each year ---- lost productivity12
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0 Yes, millions in lost productivity. 0-
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10Without referring to Google, shouldn't it be 'in'?12blockquote
10I'm trying to show him a method, a tool, something that he could apply in other circumstances, not a particular solution. 0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11blockquote
11cite20Yoong Liat22cite20Without referring to Google, shouldn't it be 'in'?22blockquote
20I'm trying to show him a method, a tool, something that he could apply in other circumstances, not a particular solution. 12br
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11i10I think 11b11font10Diamondrg12font12b10 would prefer the solution first, and the explanation next rather than going through Google. I don't know whether he feels the same way. 12i12br
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0I have benefited. I've learned something new about Google searches! 05002br
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