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Magda Posted 19 years ago

Grammar

Make fortune

0 Hi,02br
00Could you tell me which preposition is correct?02br
00"Larry made a fortune 01b00in/on 02b00the stock market."02br
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00Thank you.0-

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0 Both, but "in" is more popular. At the NYT:02br 02br 00 "fortune on the stock market" 02br 00 3 results02br 02br 00 "fortune in the stock market" 02br 02br 009 Results02br 00 0-

— Marius Hancu

0 Both, but "in" is more popular.
At the NYT:02br 02br 00 "fortune on the stock market" 02br 00 3 results02br 02br 00 "fortune in the stock market" 02br 02br 009 Results02br 00 0-

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Marius Hancu answered . 19 years ago

0 Both, but "in" is more popular. At the NYT:02br
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00 "fortune on the stock market" 02br
00 3 results02br
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00 "fortune in the stock market" 02br
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009 Results02br
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Magda answered . 19 years ago

0 Thank you, Marius. 0-

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Goodman answered . 19 years ago

1sup^00Hi,02sup02br
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01sup^{00As far as [fortune] is concerned, 01b00in, on, with, and from02b00 are all possible, depending on how the sentence is phrased.02sup}02br
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01sup^{00He made a fortune in stock 02sup}02br
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01sup

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