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Komountain Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
To/in; at/in
(1)Ongoing cuts TO XYZ Program could make the situatiom more difficult to manage.
I have always used 'in' where 'TO' appears in the sentence above.
(2) The homeowners who are the most successful AT reducing their (energy) consumption and emissions will win a 2005 hybrid vehicle.
Again, I would have used 'in' instead of 'AT.'
Anybody out there who would be for or against my choices?
(Well, I sounded like 'in' is my pet preposition.)
I have always used 'in' where 'TO' appears in the sentence above.
(2) The homeowners who are the most successful AT reducing their (energy) consumption and emissions will win a 2005 hybrid vehicle.
Again, I would have used 'in' instead of 'AT.'
Anybody out there who would be for or against my choices?
(Well, I sounded like 'in' is my pet preposition.)
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Hello Komountain 1) The difference here is perhaps a difference in the underlying metaphor. g. a stick.
- Hello Komountain 1) The difference here is perhaps a difference in the underlying metaphor.
- g.
- a stick.
- g.
- a chicken carcass.
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Hello Komountain
1) The difference here is perhaps a difference in the underlying metaphor. 'Cuts to' suggests pieces cut from the whole body of something, e.g. a stick. 'Cuts in' suggests pieces cut from within something, e.g. a chicken carcass. So the result is much the same: 'bits are removed'.
So much depends on how you envisage the 'thing cut'.
2) 'Success in l
1) The difference here is perhaps a difference in the underlying metaphor. 'Cuts to' suggests pieces cut from the whole body of something, e.g. a stick. 'Cuts in' suggests pieces cut from within something, e.g. a chicken carcass. So the result is much the same: 'bits are removed'.
So much depends on how you envisage the 'thing cut'.
2) 'Success in l
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Thank you, MrP.
So, bottom line is: Not a big deal, whichever I choose. Right?
So, bottom line is: Not a big deal, whichever I choose. Right?
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