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Sun 94 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Out of

I wonder what could be the best preposition in the following sentence. I think ' out of' is correct, but I found ' in'. Is it ok if I use ' in'?

In 1978, 50 men in ( out of?) 1000 smoked.

  

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Both prepositions are correct: One in / out of five knew the answer. CB

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Both prepositions are correct: One in / out of five knew the answer.

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