[General] Just in seconds or in just seconds

[DGray]

Hello everyone, and thank you in advance for your time.

Which of the following is correct:

just in seconds

in just seconds

As a matter of fact, I’m aware that they’re both acceptable, but are they fully interchangeable? Should 'in just seconds' be used more about negative events/news or are they fully identical indeed? I will give more specific examples, if needed.

Thank you once again for your time reading this!

 

[SoothingDave]

What is the context? "Just in seconds" is odd to me.

 

[Raymott]

I've never heard "Just in seconds". I'm inclined to think it's not used b native speakers.
Still, we can tell you it's not interchangeable and not identical to the phrase that we do use.

 

[DGray]

Thank you!

Well, it is part of an advertising text about a software service that can be activated and start functioning very quickly. To be honest, I thought ‘just in seconds’ was the right expression. However, I’m not a native speaker.

Example: Activate …and protect your computer in just seconds!

It’s related to an academic assignment. I checked with Google but there’re plenty of results from various sources containing both ‘just in seconds’ and ‘in just seconds’.

 

[MikeNewYork]

For me "in just seconds" works.

 

[Raymott]

Your sentence with "in just seconds" is correct.
I've looked at a few of those Google hits. Many are full of other mistakes, indicating that they are not written by native speakers.

 

[DGray]

Thanks!

I’m really not sure where I’ve heard of ‘just in seconds’ but it was probably a movie (not the title) or another unreliable source. From now on, I know that it’s at least uncommon, so I will not use it.