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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Is 'in' the correct preposition?

He's been amazing in doing that.

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I believe that both are correct but there's a difference in meaning. 'in' suggests that it was amazing of him to do that (perhaps because nobody expected him to do that) whereas 'at' simply says how good/amazing he has been at doing that.

— Ivanhr

  • I believe that both are correct but there's a difference in meaning.
  • 'in' suggests that it was amazing of him to do that (perhaps because nobody expected him to do that) whereas 'at' simply says how good/amazing he has been at doing that.
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I believe that both are correct but there's a difference in meaning.

'in' suggests that it was amazing of him to do that (perhaps because nobody expected him to do that) whereas 'at' simply says how good/amazing he has been at doing that.
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Hello,

Can't we just say 'He is/has been amazing doing that'?
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In my opinion, this is equivalent to using 'in doing that' , so yes we can use your sentence if the intended meaning is not 'how good/amazing he is / has been at (doing) something'.
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TomJHello, Can't we just say 'He is/has been amazing doing that'?
It didn't sound idiomatic to me before, and it doesn't sound any better with this one either.
"In doing that " doesn't tell readers what he did exactly that is so amazing.
You may say " His effort in organizing the charity was amazing "
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