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Which Is Correct?

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00I am conversant 01b01i00WITH02i02b00 Adobe Photoshop. 02br
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00I am conversant 01b01i00IN02i02b00 Adobe Photoshop. 02br
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00Thanks, 02br
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00Arpan 02br
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0 Hi Arpan, 02br 00As you can see from the following text taken from the Cobuild dictionary, your first choice is correct. 02br 02br 00 conversant 02br 00 If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it. (FORMAL) 02br 00 Those in business are not, on the whole, conversant with basic scientific principles.

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  • 0 Hi Arpan, 02br 00As you can see from the following text taken from the Cobuild dictionary, your first choice is correct.
  • 02br 02br 00 conversant 02br 00 If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it.
  • (FORMAL) 02br 00 Those in business are not, on the whole, conversant with basic scientific principles.
  • 02br 00 ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ with n 0-
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0 Hi Arpan, 02br
00As you can see from the following text taken from the Cobuild dictionary, your first choice is correct. 02br
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00 conversant 02br
00 If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it. (FORMAL) 02br
00 Those in business are not, on the whole, conversant with bas
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0 Dear Members, 02br
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00I have seen the Webster's acknowledges the use both with "in" and "with", though "in" seems less frequent. 02br
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00Kind regards, 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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0 Thanks Goldmund, 02br
00I rarely look up into American dictionaries. I have to do it more often. 0-
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0 You are quite welcome, LanguageLover. 02br
00Here is the link: 05000 02br
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00Goldmund 0240hrefhttp://www.hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=conversant
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0 Quite interestingly, the online Cambridge Advanced Learner's gives one example only with "with", though its American English provides the readers with one "with" and one "in". Is "in" used just in American English? The Oxford and the printed Cambridge only give the "with" choice. So I gather that "in" is an American usage. Am I right? 0-
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0 Dear Language Lover, 02br
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00It seems the areas of expertise are different. 02br
00"To be conversant in a language, in a philosophy": very vast field 02br
00but "with the ways of men": many different ways 02br
00It is interesting to note that the sources are English. 02br
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00Kind regards, 02br
00Gol
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0 Thanks Goldmund, 02br
00If that's not mentioned in the British dictionaries that I have access to, doesn't mean that it's not used in the language. Thanks again. 0-
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0 Dear Language Lover, 02br
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00You are quite welcome. I do my best. 02br
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00Have a nice day, 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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0Helle my name is melissa.. i dont speak a lot in english ans i want a help i have only 13 years old ...usualy a speak just in french but i want (améliorer) my englishh..plizz help meee050010id9
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0 Hello, Titi, welcome! 02br
00Maybe you can start with a grammar, or a school book, then post questions here if there are things you don't quite understand? 0-
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