Finnish Nokia remains the dominant company in the mobile phones market.
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Please have a look at the sentence:
Finnish Nokia remains the dominant company in the mobile phones market.
a) Is it correct to put 'the' before 'dominant company'? I am not sure because it doesn't have to be unique (there might be more dominant companies).
b) Is it correct to use 'in' in this context? If yes, why is it better instead of 'on' or 'at'?
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Nokia remains the dominant company . . It's the most dominant Nokia remains a dominant company .
- Nokia remains the dominant company .
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- It's the most dominant Nokia remains a dominant company .
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- There are also other companies that are dominant.
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Nokia remains the dominant company . . . It's the most dominant
Nokia remains a dominant company . . . There are also other companies that are dominant.
in is fine. Nobody says 'on' or 'at'.
0a) "the dominant company" implies that there is only one dominant company. "a dominant company" implies that there are several.
b) "in the ... market" is correct. We perceive the market to be a place within which companies exist. "in" seems semi-predictable from its core meaning, but with prepositions you very often just have to learn the idiomatic combinations. We say that a prop
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