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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Weigh in at, weigh in on

A ( an irate customer) : I don't like the food and the service everthing.
B: then, get out, if you dont like them.
C (B's friend) : I want to weigh in on how you said, it's not nice way to talk to your customer.

The semiconductor export accounted for 20% of the total export goods, while the ship export weigh in at 10%.

If "weigh in at" means account for, can it be used for any numbers like, the total export of semiconductor weighed in at three million dollars.
  

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messier42 If "weigh in at" means account for, can it be used for any numbers like, the total export of semiconductor weighed in at three million dollars. No, it is too casual. Your dialog has problem, too.

— Mister Micawber

  • messier42 If "weigh in at" means account for, can it be used for any numbers like, the total export of semiconductor weighed in at three million dollars.
  • No, it is too casual.
  • Your dialog has problem, too.
  • The idiom does not really fit there, either.
  • A (an irate customer) : I don't like the food or the service or anything.
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messier42If "weigh in at" means account for, can it be used for any numbers like, the total export of semiconductor weighed in at three million dollars.
No, it is too casual.

Your dialog has problem, too. The idiom does not really fit there, either.

A (an irate customer) : I don't like the food or the service or anything.
B: Th
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thank you for your reply. how do you use weigh in on and weigh in at?
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messier42how do you use weigh in on and weigh in at
'Weigh in on': When several people are offering opinions in a discussion and I wish to include my own.
'Weigh in at': That does not seem a collocation to me.
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