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tommy1996
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please tell me what is right He found this letter in/ among a pile of books. Thanks |
30 May 2018
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leaponover
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Seems like they both are okay grammatically, yet convey a different picture. He found this letter in a pile of books. --> This conveys the picture that the letter was found in a somewhat neatly stacked pile of books and the letter was in between two of them. He found this letter among a pile of books ---> This conveys the books were somewhat haphazardly piled on the floor and the letter was in there somewhere. I may be corrected, but this is my take on those two sentences. |
30 May 2018
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Matthew@ELSP
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Please remember that if you use "among", you need a plural. I cannot correctly say "...among a pile of books." I can say correctly say "...among piles of books." If you are asking about correctness as well as natural speech, then please take note of that point. Hope that helps. |
31 May 2018
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