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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Preposition
Which is correct:
"IN the height of Summer"
Or
"AT the height of Summer"
Top answer
I was going to reply "at the height of summer" because that's how I would naturally say it. But then I checked Google's Ngram and found both uses are common. In fact, prior to 1950, "in the height of summer" was more popular.
- I was going to reply "at the height of summer" because that's how I would naturally say it.
- But then I checked Google's Ngram and found both uses are common.
- In fact, prior to 1950, "in the height of summer" was more popular.
- Short answer, both are correct.
- Incidentally, summer is lowercase.
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I was going to reply "at the height of summer" because that's how I would naturally say it. But then I checked Google's Ngram and found both uses are common. In fact, prior to 1950, "in the height of summer" was more popular.
Short answer, both are correct.
Incidentally, summer is lowercase.
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