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Hanuman_2000 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

expert

Hello,

1. My father is an expert in/at/on computer.

2. He is one of the world's experts on /at /in chimpanzee.

Actually I want to know which prepositions are used with the word "expert".
  

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Hi hanuman Here is one view, perhaps somewhat British: 1. Adjective : He is expert in/at deciphering illegible writing. At is particularly common before a gerund (ing), in before a noun : She is expert in the art of persuasion.

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  • Hi hanuman Here is one view, perhaps somewhat British: 1.
  • Adjective : He is expert in/at deciphering illegible writing.
  • At is particularly common before a gerund (ing), in before a noun : She is expert in the art of persuasion.
  • 2.
  • Noun : If an expert means 'one that is expert in the performance of something', it takes in or at as above: He is an expert in/at deciphering illegible writing.
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Hi hanuman

Here is one view, perhaps somewhat British:

1. Adjective:
He is expert in/at deciphering illegible writing.
At is particularly common before a gerund (ing), in before a noun:
She is expert in the art
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My father is an expert on computers.
My father is a computer expert. I prefer this one.

Hits at the BBC and the New York Times:

0 from bbc.co.uk for "expert in computers"
3 from bbc.co.uk for "expert on computers"
638 from bbc.co.uk for "computer expert"

8 from nytimes.c
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