Poll: I was ____ a disadvantage.

I was ____ a disadvantage.

at
in
Either could be used.

Votes: 314
Comments: 3
Added: October 2008

 

Comments:

khalidhussainqq - 8th October 2008 15:29
this is the right answer
 
alex - 24th October 2008 13:00
disadvaNtage surely?
 
Mark - 18th April 2009 11:21
I couldn't believe this poll. It is obviously "at" and only "at". But the poll results showed a pretty even spread.

So either most users are not native speakers or there is some variation between countries.

I knew how to sort this out, however, I did a google search.
(remember to out the sentence in speech marks).

The result was clear:
at=14000 cases
in=7 cases

if we take into account a few errors by non-native speakers, then "at" is without a doubt coorect and "in" is certainly incorrect.

And it also indicated that most respondents were monkeys.
 
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