Yolanda Pastor
decrease in vs decrease of
Hi!
I want to ask when it is used decrease in and decrease of. I don't know what preposition to use. I looked it up on the dictionary and there are examples of both. But it is not clear to me what's the difference.
Thank you in advance.
22 mag 2018 17:24
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An increase in sales
An increase in the number of sausages
An increase of 30%
An increase of 2,500 sausages.
I would use in with nouns and of with numbers and percentages.
22 maggio 2018
1
Wow. It's hard to describe. Decrease IN will be correct about 95% of the time.
I hope this helps. I'm not an English teacher; just a native who reads a lot. (I wouldn't know a past participle if it jumped up and bit me on the ass!)
22 maggio 2018
Yolanda Pastor
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Spagnolo
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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