which preposition should be used?

[runbabyrun]

Which preposition should be used in the following sentence?

____ all the applicants that have the same academic background, why those coming from xx city were always preferred?


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Is this sentence odd?

How to reword it?

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/:tick:

Which preposition should be used in the following sentence?

____ all the applicants that have the same academic background, why those coming from xx city were always preferred?
Is this sentence odd?
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How to reword it?

Why all those applicants having the same academic background and coming from the cities were always preferred?

 

[Raymott]

/A learner/:tick:


Why all those applicants having the same academic background and coming from the cities were always preferred?

nonsense - not even close.

Again, I have to ask, Why do you do this?

 

[Raymott]

Which preposition should be used in the following sentence?

____ all the applicants that have the same academic background, why those coming from xx city were always preferred?


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Is this sentence odd?

How to reword it?

I would choose "Of". But, yes, the sentence is wrong.

Of all the applicants that have the same academic background, why were those coming from xx city [STRIKE]were [/STRIKE] always preferred?
or:
Of all the applicants having the same academic background, why were those coming from xx city [STRIKE]were [/STRIKE] always preferred?

 

[RonBee]

Which preposition should be used in the following sentence?

____ all the applicants that have the same academic background, why those coming from xx city were always preferred?


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Is this sentence odd?

How to reword it?

It is not a good sentence. I would change it to:
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Since all the applicants have the same academic background, why are those that come from XX City always preferred?
(You could also, of course, put it in past tense.)
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R

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

________ all the applicants that have the same academic background, why those coming from xx city were always preferred?

Huh, I thought I had only to use words that were given to make any sentence which could make any sense. I wasn't conscious I could have used "since, of, etc.)

Now I have seen in my dictionary that "to reword" means "to write something again in different words".

Now I've seen I should have filled in the empty space with a preposition, actually.

Would some talking robot make any other sentence from the words given. Just to see is there any other combinations.Thanks!