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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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___ the Internet

0___ the Internet, students can take long-distance classes. (A) On (B) With (C) Surf (D) Without02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 00A seems fine to me. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00A seems fine to me.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00A seems fine to me. The 'speaker' is thinking of the Internet as a 'place'.02br
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00B suggests the speaker is thinking of the Internet as a 'tool'.02br
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00Both are OK.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Dear Clive,02br
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00Why not 'in/at' the internet?0-
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0 In the internet? That sounds quite odd. 0-
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10In the internet? That sounds quite odd.12blockquote
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00How odd?02p

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01b004,010,00002b00 for 01b00"in the internet".02b02p

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01cite10Mithunbarik12cite10Dear Clive,12br
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10Why not 'in/at' the internet?12br
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10No, these prepositions cannot be used.0-
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0Use of 'in the internet'02br
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00New York Times02br
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00Google Makes Another Investment 01font00in the Internet02font00 in China 02br
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0 My dictionary:02br
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00"You can find all kinds of 01u00information on the internet.02u00"02br
00"Do you have 01u00access to the Internet 02u00?"02br
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00Cambridge online dictionary:02br
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00"I00 found out about the bombings 01u00from/on02u00
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0 01b00 02b00 Mithunbarik,02br
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00That is in the title of the article. Try finding "in the internet" where it is used within the body of the article. Titles are often misleading, especially if they want to attract attention. 0-
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0 I have found in the body too. But now looking for some good referral. 0-
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0Well, I think that "investment in sth" is the common prepositional phrase (or how is it called 05000)010id3
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