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which preposition is correct?is it focus of the presentationorfocus in the presentation?thank you.

Blue Jay · Accepted Answer

It depends what you want to say, but of is more likely.

Aoymee2 · Answer

Hi Blue Jay, thanks for replying

Blue Jaydepends what you want to say

say:
the topics that will be discussed in the (oral) presentation.
I feel like 'in' sounds right, because it refers to the contents of the presentation?
'of' sounds both correct and wrong to me.

Blue Jay · Answer

I did some research on the usage of the focus of the... versus the focus in the..., and I found that focus of is far more common. It appears that focus on is normally used when describing the whole thing:
The focus of the presentation is underwater basket weaving.
Citations for focus in most often appear in contexts which refer to one or more aspects of the whole;
Much of the focus in the presentation is on safety precautions, rather than underwater basket weaving techniques.
Later on, the focus in the presentation shifted from safety precautions to practical underwater basket weaving techniques.
I would say The focus of the presentation will be on practical underwater basket weaving techniques, and the safety precautions you should observe, but I wouldn't call it wrong if you used in instead.

Aoymee2 · Answer

Blue Jayfocus on is normally used when describing the whole thing

when you say 'the whole thing' what do you mean? is it the main topic?

Blue Jayfocus in most often appear in contexts which refer to one or more aspects of the whole

'one or more aspects of the whole' - meaning for example main topic- 'animals', within this topic there will be discussions on 'whales' and 'tigers'.?

'The focus of the presentation is...' AND 'The focus of the presentation is on...' are more widely used? and both mean the same thing?

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