[Vocabulary] difference between fill in a form and fill a form

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flora66

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Dear teacher,

I would like to ask about difference between fill in a form and fill a form.
Which is correct one or can I use both of them?
thank you.

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flora66
 

Tdol

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You will hear fill a form/fill in a form and fill out a form. They are all OK for me.
 

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'Fill out a form' is more common in AE.
 

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It is, but it is crossing the Atlantic.
 

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I have never heard "fill a form".

As a BrE speaker, I "fill in a form" but I hear "fill out a form" more and more frequently.
 

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You can fill a form (in AmE anyway) when pouring concrete. Somehow I doubt OP had that situation in mind though.
 
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