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in the new semester

0 00They joined the school team 00in this new semester00. 02br
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001.Is it ok to use the following instead? 02br
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00They joined the school team 00this new semester00. (without 00in00) 02br
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002. If Yes to Q1, why is it OK without 00in00 in the sentence? 02br
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003.Or we may say like this: 02br
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00This semester they joined the school team. 02br
00In this semester they joined the school team. 02br
00(Is 00in00 essential in this sentence) 02br
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00Thank you.00 0-
  

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0 You can use "this semester" with and without IN, but the version without IN sounds much more natural and friendly especially in speech. Grammatically or logically we ESL students tend to think "IN" is required before a time duration, but it is a traditional usage of English to delete IN before <"this"/"that"/"next"/"last" + a time duration>. 02br 02br 00paco 0-

— Paco2004

  • 0 You can use "this semester" with and without IN, but the version without IN sounds much more natural and friendly especially in speech.
  • Grammatically or logically we ESL students tend to think "IN" is required before a time duration, but it is a traditional usage of English to delete IN before <"this"/"that"/"next"/"last" + a time duration>.
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0 You can use "this semester" with and without IN, but the version without IN sounds much more natural and friendly especially in speech. Grammatically or logically we ESL students tend to think "IN" is required before a time duration, but it is a traditional usage of English to delete IN before <"this"/"that"/"next"/"last" + a time duration>. 02br
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