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Supercat Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Repeating a prep?

XYZ is contained in layer ABC in the air.

Is repeating "in" like this okay? I suppose I need a verb after ABC, though. Do you have any solution?
  

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The given sentence is acceptable, but putting "In the air" at the beginning of the sentence would be better.

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The given sentence is acceptable, but putting "In the air" at the beginning of the sentence would be better.
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Perhaps try,

XYZ is found in the ABC layer of the atmosphere.
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teechrPerhaps try,XYZ is found in the ABC layer of the atmosphere.
Is that "of" to avoid repeating "in"? Or is "layer of the atmosphere" a natural way?
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In that sentence, "of" denotes possession; it means belonging to.
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