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Zhuricki Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

in search for/of

0 hi everybody. this is my first post. which one is correct - the company is continuously in search FOR/OF employees? 0-
  

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— Pioussoul

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Zhuricki12cite 10hi everybody.
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01cite10Zhuricki12cite10hi everybody. this is my first post. which one is correct - the company is continuously in search FOR/OF employees?12blockquote
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01cite10Zhuricki12cite10hi everybody. this is my first post. which one is correct - the company is continuously in search FOR/OF employees?12blockquote
11b01font00Pioussoul gave a great response. Welcom to EnglishForward.com!!02font02b00 0-
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0 01a05000 02a00 0240hrefhttp://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D14FA355A0C748DDDAD0894DD404482
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0Why not comment on the what you found, Peter? 02br
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00Are you disputing the responses from Pioussoul and Philip? (I hope not.) 02br
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00Or do you have a question about what you found?0-
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0"(I hope not.) " 02br
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00Why do you hope that, Yankee?02br
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00I found many hits for 'in search for' at NYT, which means 'in search for' is used by educated editors.02br
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00This is all I wanted to imply.0-
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite12br
10"(I hope not.) " 12br
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10Why do you hope that, Yankee?12br
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10Well, it's a different sort of context. It's a headline. And I guess you know that words are often omitted from headlines -- as is the case in your hea
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0hello Yankee02br
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00Which word/s is/are omitted.02br
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00thanks0-
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0The headline is:02br
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01b01font00Body Discovered in Search for Florida Girl, 1302font02b02br
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00That's typical "headline English". The headline means:02br
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01font00A body has been discovered 01b00in 01u00the02u00
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0Hello again. Thanks a lot for your time. I have also seen what Inchoateknowledge has mentioned. This is why I got confused so I was wondering if the rules have changed already or perhaps one of those American and British grammar differences? 050010id1
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0Hi Zhuricki 02br
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00No, the rules haven't changed and there is no difference between British and American English here. 01i00'In search of'02i00 is a special idiomatic phrase and means the same thing as 'looking for' or 'seeking'. As is normally the case with idioms, 01i00'in search of'02i00 is a fixed grouping of words. 
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