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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Preposition 'in'

Harvested, dry grain has advantages over other staple foods such as the starchy fruits and roots/tubers in being easy to store, handle and transport.

Is this the correct use of in?

Should it not be something like this?

'and roots/tubers in that they are easy to store...'
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'and roots/tubers, for example being easy to store...'
  

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English 1b3 Should it not be something like this? Harvested, dry grain has advantages over other staple foods such as the starchy fruits and roots/tubers in being easy to store, handle and transport. I would sugest this more natural version: Harvested, dry drain has the advantages over other staple foods such as starchy fruits and.....

— Grammarfreak

  • English 1b3 Should it not be something like this?
  • Harvested, dry grain has advantages over other staple foods such as the starchy fruits and roots/tubers in being easy to store, handle and transport.
  • I would sugest this more natural version: Harvested, dry drain has the advantages over other staple foods such as starchy fruits and.....
  • which is the ease in / of storage, handling and transport.
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English 1b3Should it not be something like this?

Harvested, dry grain has advantages over other staple foods such as the starchy fruits and roots/tubers in being easy to store, handle and transport.

I would sugest this more natural version:
Harvested, dry drain has the advantages over other stap
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grammarfreak English 1b3Should it not be something like this?Harvested, dry grain has advantages over other staple foods such as the starchy fruits and roots/tubers in being easy to store, handle and transport.I would sugest this more natural version:Harvested, dry drain has the advantages over other staple foods such as starchy fruits and..... which is the ease in / of s
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English 1b3Thanks. But would you say in works in the original?
If you remove the adverbial clause," over other staple foods such as the starchy fruits and roots/tubers " from the sentence
your sentence would become " Harvested, dry grain has advantages in being easy
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