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Miche Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

In/on the market

0 Can we say, "This product has established itself on the market", meaning it already has its buyers etc. Is "on" the correct preposition? 0-
  

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0I think it sounds strange, Miche. 02br 02br 00'On the market' means 'available for purchase by the consumer': 'iPods have been on the market for some time now'. 02br 02br 00'In the market' refers to the area of merchandizing for the product type: 'IPod has a high profile in the portable music player market'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0I think it sounds strange, Miche.
  • 02br 02br 00'On the market' means 'available for purchase by the consumer': 'iPods have been on the market for some time now'.
  • 02br 02br 00'In the market' refers to the area of merchandizing for the product type: 'IPod has a high profile in the portable music player market'.
  • 02br 02br 00So I would go for 'has established itself 01b 00in02b 00 the market'.
  • 02br 02br 02br 00By the way, did you notice that I had difficulty deciding whether to capitalize 'iPod' at the beginning of a sentence?
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0I think it sounds strange, Miche. 02br
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00'On the market' means 'available for purchase by the consumer': 'iPods have been on the market for some time now'. 02br
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00'In the market' refers to the area of merchandizing for the product type: 'IPod has a high profile in the portable music player market'. 02br
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00So I would go
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0 Thank you, MM! My dictionary gives only "to be in the market for sth.", i.e. to look for some specific commodity to buy. Which does not fit my idea... So your answer helped me a lot. 0-
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