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Old 24-Mar-2005, 17:43
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Please help me with this simple question: how it would be correct to write "on Figure 2" or "in Figure 2"?
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Default Re: "On Figure" or "in Figure"?
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Please help me with this simple question: how it would be correct to write "on Figure 2" or "in Figure 2"?
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in figure #2
Or you can simply say :figure #2 illustrates...
figure #2 is showing this and that...
see figure #2
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