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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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in/at any given time

Hi,

Is there a difference between 'in any given time' and 'at any given time'

For example, in the following I'm not sure whether to use 'in' or 'at'. My first thought was to use 'at'

Thanks

'Culture at the global level is (are?) a set of ideas, beliefs, and values of communication that prevail in the world IN/AT any given time'
  

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The dictionary says: at any given time . But the question might be why at and not in. Prepositions are not easy to master.

— Anonymous

  • The dictionary says: at any given time .
  • But the question might be why at and not in.
  • Prepositions are not easy to master.
  • You may use the right positions (my case) but not know why (true for many people including native speakers).
  • so here is a list of some of the results produced by Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (CD) which I think is the best in the market: at times at some/any/that time at a/the time when ...
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The dictionary says:

at any given time.

But the question might be why at and not in. Prepositions are not easy to master. You may use the right positions (my case) but not know why (true for many people including native speakers).

so here is a list of some of the results produced by Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (CD) which I thin
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AnonymousHi,

Is there a difference between 'in any given time' and 'at any given time'

For example, in the following I'm not sure whether to use 'in' or 'at'. My first thought was to use 'at'

Thanks

'Culture at the global level is a set of ideas, beliefs, and values of communication that prevail in the world AT any given
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