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Onelook Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

What's the difference in

What's the difference in getting your picture taken by a government agency rather than getting your picture taken by a government-certified agency?


Is the sentence above grammatical?

  

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onelook What's the difference in getting your picture taken by a government agency rather than getting your picture taken by a government-certified agency? Is the sentence above grammatical? It's only borderline grammatical.

— CalifJim

  • onelook What's the difference in getting your picture taken by a government agency rather than getting your picture taken by a government-certified agency?
  • Is the sentence above grammatical?
  • It's only borderline grammatical.
  • It's understandable, but the correct pattern with "the difference" is the difference between _____ and _____ .
  • So write: What's the difference between getting your picture taken by a government agency and getting your picture taken by a government-certified agency?
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onelook

What's the difference in getting your picture taken by a government agency rather than getting your picture taken by a government-certified agency?

Is the sentence above grammatical?

It's only borderline grammatical. It's understandable, but the correct pattern with "the difference" is

the difference between _____ and

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Not quite.

Say eg What's the difference between getting your picture taken by a government agency and getting your picture taken by a government-certified agency?

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