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correct preposition "in" or "on" Recession did not have much impact "on" India. This sentence is from today's news paper. The preposition "on" is correct or not?
- 07-Apr-2011, 16:53 #2
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Re: correct preposition "in" or "on" 
Originally Posted by edmondjanet 
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(1) I believe that "on" is the correct preposition:
The world-wide recession has not had much impact on [the economy of]
India. (I think "impact" collocates with "on.")
- 07-Apr-2011, 17:25 #3
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Teacher Re: correct preposition "in" or "on" I agree, but it could also be written as below, meaning the impact on the people of India. Originally Posted by TheParser
"(The) Recession did not have much impact in India."
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