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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
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In/of
Could I use 'in'?
-According to the forerunner __ Disciplinary Arts (or whatever field you are talking about), James Potter, Disciplinary Arts might be defined as a set of artistic practices.
My friend thinks IN is wrong, and OF should be used; but I think IN sounds OK, and I find IN in the BRITISH NATIONAL CORPUS, so I'm not sure.
-According to the forerunner __ Disciplinary Arts (or whatever field you are talking about), James Potter, Disciplinary Arts might be defined as a set of artistic practices.
My friend thinks IN is wrong, and OF should be used; but I think IN sounds OK, and I find IN in the BRITISH NATIONAL CORPUS, so I'm not sure.
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OttoJ Could I use 'in'? Yes. It sounds perfectly fine to me.
- OttoJ Could I use 'in'?
- Yes.
- It sounds perfectly fine to me.
- What "forerunner" is supposed to mean, exactly, is a bit fuzzy for me, however.
- "foremost expert", maybe?
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OttoJCould I use 'in'?Yes. It sounds perfectly fine to me. What "forerunner" is supposed to mean, exactly, is a bit fuzzy for me, however. "foremost expert", maybe? In that case "forerunner" is not a good word choice.
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