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Nuage Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Preposition

Why do we write " It is the most important thing IN my life" and not "It is the most important thing of my life"?

I need to correct the mistake, name the mistake and justify.
I know the mistake, I know it is "wrong use of preposition" but I don't know how to justify.

Help, please??.
  

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nuage Why do we write " It is the most important thing IN my life" and not "It is the most important thing of my life"? We write it because it is English, and not French, German, or Japanese, I suppose. nuage I know it is "wrong use of preposition" Not exactly.

— CalifJim

  • nuage Why do we write " It is the most important thing IN my life" and not "It is the most important thing of my life"?
  • We write it because it is English, and not French, German, or Japanese, I suppose.
  • nuage I know it is "wrong use of preposition" Not exactly.
  • It's not the wrong use of a preposition; it's using the wrong preposition.
  • CJ
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nuageWhy do we write " It is the most important thing IN my life" and not "It is the most important thing of my life"?
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Yes because it is English but is there a specific justaficationEmotion: sad? Like is it IN and not OF because IN is used to indicate a belief,...?
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nuageis there a specific justification?
I don't know what it might be. 'in' is used in comparisons in English to show the entire group the comparison comes from when you use the superlative (best, worst, most, least). Other languages may use their word for 'of', but we use 'in' in English. Maybe you could sa
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