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Sayibu Posted 9 years ago
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Grammar and phrase usage

Please can you help throw light on 'in behalf and 'on behalf'

  

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I don't know of any use of "in behalf". Do you have examples?

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  • Do you have examples?
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I don't know of any use of "in behalf". Do you have examples?

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Sayibu

Please can you help throw light on 'in behalf and 'on behalf'

Yes. "In behalf" is an older phrase which has been largely replaced by "on behalf." In England, "on behalf" surpassed "in behalf" in frequency of usage around 1860. American English followed about fifty years later.

"In behalf" is rarely used today

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