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Ben9108 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Preposition “in” problems
I would like to seek assistance to solve my below problems.
One-on-one lessons offer our students a greater flexibility in choosing their own course based on their interests as well as targeted areas for improvement.
Q1. Can I restructure the sentence?
One-on-one lessons offer a greater flexibility for our students to choose their own course…
Q2. Would someone tell me can I use other preposition to replace “in” ?
….for choosing their own course…
Q3. Can I omit the preposition ?
One-on-one lessons offer our students a greater flexibility choosing their own course…
One-on-one lessons offer our students a greater flexibility in choosing their own course based on their interests as well as targeted areas for improvement.
Q1. Can I restructure the sentence?
One-on-one lessons offer a greater flexibility for our students to choose their own course…
Q2. Would someone tell me can I use other preposition to replace “in” ?
….for choosing their own course…
Q3. Can I omit the preposition ?
One-on-one lessons offer our students a greater flexibility choosing their own course…
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I would recommend breaking up the sentence. Student flexibility and targeting areas for improvement sound like two unrelated things.
Something like:
One-on-one lessons offer students greater flexibility in pursuing their own interests. Instruction will also aim to help improve student weaknesses.
Something like:
One-on-one lessons offer students greater flexibility in pursuing their own interests. Instruction will also aim to help improve student weaknesses.
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Ben9108Would you mind explaining why use preposition "in"?It just happens that we use 'in' after 'flexibility' when it is followed by an -ing form. See
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Thanks for your reply.
I understood the “ing” form (gerund) to be followed by verb. But has other meaning when use preposition “in”? Can I use the below prepositions instead of “ in “?
“One-on-one lessons offer our students a greater flexibility in choosing their own course based on their interests as well as targeted areas for improvement.”
by choosing their own
I understood the “ing” form (gerund) to be followed by verb. But has other meaning when use preposition “in”? Can I use the below prepositions instead of “ in “?
“One-on-one lessons offer our students a greater flexibility in choosing their own course based on their interests as well as targeted areas for improvement.”
by choosing their own
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Yes, you can use the first one but the sentence will need to be restructured.
Ex:
One-on-one lessons offer greater flexibility by allowing students to choose their own courses.
In the example you use, you want to say targeting not targeted.
All the other examples you used are wrong like for, into, etc.
Ex:
One-on-one lessons offer greater flexibility by allowing students to choose their own courses.
In the example you use, you want to say targeting not targeted.
All the other examples you used are wrong like for, into, etc.
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Thanks for your reply.
Would you mind telling how to use "in" + verb -ing?
Would you mind telling how to use "in" + verb -ing?
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