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Rommel Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"In the memory of" or "to the memory of"?

Which preposition should I use in the following sentence?

The building was dedicated (in/to) the memory of my father.
  

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to

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How about the following sentence?

The building was dedicated in loving memory of my father.

Is the phrase "in loving memory of" properly used?
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RommelThe building was dedicated in loving memory of my father.Is the phrase "in loving memory of" properly used?
Yes, that seems fine to me.
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Which preposition should I use in the following sentence?

The building was dedicated (in/to) the memory of my father.

Here, you can only say 'to'; because the sentence has 'the'.
You can't say 'in the memory of'.

But you can say 'in memory of' or 'in

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