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Agarista Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
OF vs IN
In the same exercise I was given these two examples:
a) It was a very happy day. It was the happiest day of my life.
b) It was a very bad mistake. It was the worst mistake in my life.
Are the prepositions of and in interchangeable here? Can I say It was the happiest day in my life and It was the worst mistake of my life ? I find prepositions really confusing and most of the times I second guess the way I have used them.
a) It was a very happy day. It was the happiest day of my life.
b) It was a very bad mistake. It was the worst mistake in my life.
Are the prepositions of and in interchangeable here? Can I say It was the happiest day in my life and It was the worst mistake of my life ? I find prepositions really confusing and most of the times I second guess the way I have used them.
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I would use of in both sentences. Some may find in acceptable.
- I would use of in both sentences.
- Some may find in acceptable.
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There's a song by Pink Floyd... "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"
I've never heard in being used there... and yet when I come to think of it, it sounds somewhat better to me to use in in the second sentence about the worst mistake
For example:
I've never heard in being used there... and yet when I come to think of it, it sounds somewhat better to me to use in in the second sentence about the worst mistake
For example:
- It was the worst mistake I've ever
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Thank you for your reply. So basically both are acceptable, but "of" is more common.
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Perfect Stranger, I didn't see your post until now.Yes, I know the song 
Maybe you are right about the second sentence, as
Maybe you are right about the second sentence, as
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