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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Is it fine?

I'm poor in English.
  

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Anonymous I'm poor in English. I'm poor at English. (correct) I'm poor in English.

  • Anonymous I'm poor in English.
  • I'm poor at English.
  • (correct) I'm poor in English.
  • (It is used by some people.
  • )
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Anonymous I'm poor in English.
I'm poor at English. (correct)

I'm poor in English. (It is used by some people. It cannot be said to be wrong.)
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tamguatlayI'm poor in English. (It is used by some people. It cannot be said to be wrong.)
A quick comment on this. I find myself saying "in" with a noun that might be a field of study: poor/good in French, biology, chemistry, music, ... But I tend to say "at" when I use an -ing form: at speaking French, at swimming, at solving crosswords,

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