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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Preposition: in or of?

Sentence: Obviously I was referring to the "forwarding the application" part in/of your earlier e-mail reply to me.

Question: Which prepositon shall come here in or of?

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Anonymous Sentence: Obviously I was referring to the "forwarding the application" part in/of your earlier e-mail reply to me. Question: Which prepositon shall come here in or of? Thanks You can use either one, but I think most native speakers would choose "of".

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  • Anonymous Sentence: Obviously I was referring to the "forwarding the application" part in/of your earlier e-mail reply to me.
  • Question: Which prepositon shall come here in or of?
  • Thanks You can use either one, but I think most native speakers would choose "of".
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AnonymousSentence: Obviously I was referring to the "forwarding the application" part in/of your earlier e-mail reply to me. Question: Which prepositon shall come here in or of? Thanks
You can use either one, but I think most native speakers would choose "of".
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My humble (i.e. non-native's) opinion is that both prepositions are OK, but "of" is more straight-forward and therefore preferable in formal writing. Also I'd put a comma after "obviously" and be more specific about which e-mail you are referring to, so that your correspondent could easily locate it:

Obviously, I was referring to the "Forwarding the Application" part of your earlier e-mai
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Thanks Ant_222 and Canadian45 for your help. Appreciate it. Would any moderator like to answer my question?
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