join/jion in

[diamondcutter]

Over 200 members of staff joined (in) the strike.
Members of the public joined (in) the search for the missing boy.
Paul, you want to join (in) our intern program. Is that right?
Why didn’t you join (in) my birthday party?

For the sentences above, I’d like to know if both “join(ed)” and “join(ed) in” are correct. If both are correct, which pattern is more common, “join(ed)” or “join(ed) in”?

 

[jutfrank]

If you'd helpfully numbered your sentences, I'd say that in 1 and 2, in is highly appropriate, and in 3 and 4 it's not good.

Where did you get these sentences from? Which ones actually used the preposition?

 

[GoesStation]

Neither Why didn’t you join my birthday party nor Why didn’t you join in my birthday party is natural. You can join the Socialist Party but not a social party, so to speak.

 

[diamondcutter]

Thanks, teachers.

If you'd helpfully numbered your sentences, I'd say that in 1 and 2, in is highly appropriate, and in 3 and 4 it's not good.

Where did you get these sentences from? Which ones actually used the preposition?

The first two sentences are from dictionaries and the third one is from a textbook. All the three original sentences don’t have the preposition in them. The last sentence was made by me.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

We would say, "Why didn't you come to my birthday party?"

 

[jutfrank]

The first two sentences are from dictionaries and the third one is from a textbook. All the three original sentences don’t have the preposition in them. The last sentence was made by me.

Please give us this kind of information in post #1. Thanks.