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2cr3nd4 Posted 13 years ago
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difference between "in bid to", " in a bid to" and "on a bid to"?
it seems "in a bid to" is a phrase commonly used and dictionary also refers the same phrase too. but we could find other phrases such as "in bid to" or "on a bid to" on paper as below.
Would someone tell if they are just typo or they all are grammatically correct and mean the same thing: in an attempt for?
Why do we usually see "in bid to" in the title of an essay and "in a bid to" in its content? Is it an usual way of expression without any difference in meaning by UK people?
1./ Spurs set to quit Stock Exchange in bid to secure funds for new stadium
2./ Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has proposed plans to de-list the club from the Stock Exchange in a bid to make borrowing easier to fund their new stadium.
3./ In football terms, the BBC is three-nil down to ITV with only a few minutes left on the clock. Time then, corporation bosses have decided, to throw caution to the winds and use up to £400million of taxpayers' money on a bid to land the rights to broadcast Champions League games
Would someone tell if they are just typo or they all are grammatically correct and mean the same thing: in an attempt for?
Why do we usually see "in bid to" in the title of an essay and "in a bid to" in its content? Is it an usual way of expression without any difference in meaning by UK people?
1./ Spurs set to quit Stock Exchange in bid to secure funds for new stadium
2./ Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has proposed plans to de-list the club from the Stock Exchange in a bid to make borrowing easier to fund their new stadium.
3./ In football terms, the BBC is three-nil down to ITV with only a few minutes left on the clock. Time then, corporation bosses have decided, to throw caution to the winds and use up to £400million of taxpayers' money on a bid to land the rights to broadcast Champions League games
Top answer
Titles and headings commonly omit the small connecting words that are necessary for proper sentence construction. eg Newspaper Headline : Man bites dog. Newspaper Story: A man bit a dog.
- Titles and headings commonly omit the small connecting words that are necessary for proper sentence construction.
- eg Newspaper Headline : Man bites dog.
- Newspaper Story: A man bit a dog.
- In your third example.
- 'on a bid' and 'in a bid' are both OK, because it is common to 'spend money on something'.
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Titles and headings commonly omit the small connecting words that are necessary for proper sentence construction.
eg
Newspaper Headline: Man bites dog.
Newspaper Story: A man bit a dog.
In yo
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Newspaper Headline: Man bites dog.
Newspaper Story: A man bit a dog.
In yo
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