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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Is it correct to write "on the wake of....or in the wake of" example: "In the wake of this nation's historical election, President Barack Obama...
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Hi Anon " In the wake of" is a very commonly used phrase, but "on the wake of" is not. If I ran across "on the wake of", my reaction would be that the writer either made a typo OR didn't know the usual wording of the phrase OR had some kind of special reason for changing the usual wording -- in which case I would also expect the reason to be clear in the broader context.
- Hi Anon " In the wake of" is a very commonly used phrase, but "on the wake of" is not.
- If I ran across "on the wake of", my reaction would be that the writer either made a typo OR didn't know the usual wording of the phrase OR had some kind of special reason for changing the usual wording -- in which case I would also expect the reason to be clear in the broader context.
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Hi Anon
"In the wake of" is a very commonly used phrase, but "on the wake of" is not.
If I ran across "on the wake of", my reaction would be that the writer either made a typo OR didn't know the usual wording of the phrase OR had some kind of special reason for changing the usual wording -- in which case I would also expect the reason to be clear in the broader context.
"In the wake of" is a very commonly used phrase, but "on the wake of" is not.
If I ran across "on the wake of", my reaction would be that the writer either made a typo OR didn't know the usual wording of the phrase OR had some kind of special reason for changing the usual wording -- in which case I would also expect the reason to be clear in the broader context.
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