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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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In or on his skin?
Hi. Why does it have to be "in" rather than "on," if it is indeed so, in the following example sentence? Please see the underlined part. Thank you in advance for your help.
He has a mole in his skin.
He has a mole in his skin.
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"in" sounds odd to me. g. "on his arm".
- "in" sounds odd to me.
- g.
- "on his arm".
- "on his skin" seems slightly pointless, since where else would it be?
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"in" sounds odd to me. I would use "on", but normally one would specify the part of the body, e.g. "on his arm".
"on his skin" seems slightly pointless, since where else would it be?
"on his skin" seems slightly pointless, since where else would it be?
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