Lots of birds are flying in/over the sky

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Winwin2011

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Lots of birds are flying in/over the sky.

Are both in/over correct in the above sentence?

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MikeNewYork

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Lots of birds are flying in/over the sky.

Are both in/over correct in the above sentence?

Thanks.

No. Birds cannot fly over the sky.
 

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Depending on your definition of the sky, nothing can fly over the sky.
 
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