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김성현 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
"of" or "in"?
Dear teachers,
I would like to change the following sentence,
"The trade deficit of the United States with China has snowballed continuously over the past 10 years."
into the following two ones:
(a) The U.S. trade deficit with China has snowballed continuously over the past 10 years.
(b) The trade deficit in the United States with China has snowballed continuously over the past 10 years.
Are both (a) and (b) acceptable?
Thanks in advance.
David Kim
I would like to change the following sentence,
"The trade deficit of the United States with China has snowballed continuously over the past 10 years."
into the following two ones:
(a) The U.S. trade deficit with China has snowballed continuously over the past 10 years.
(b) The trade deficit in the United States with China has snowballed continuously over the past 10 years.
Are both (a) and (b) acceptable?
Thanks in advance.
David Kim
Top answer
(b) is not. Also, "snowball" has the idea of continuous, so " continuously " is superfluous.
- (b) is not.
- Also, "snowball" has the idea of continuous, so " continuously " is superfluous.
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(b) is not.
Also, "snowball" has the idea of continuous, so "continuously" is superfluous.
Also, "snowball" has the idea of continuous, so "continuously" is superfluous.
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