Hi,
Which would you prefer:
My English teacher said that only option 2 is valid, though I found option 1 in my textbook as well. I’m puzzled - maybe it is a locale thing. :?
Thanks!
Hi,
Which would you prefer:
My English teacher said that only option 2 is valid, though I found option 1 in my textbook as well. I’m puzzled - maybe it is a locale thing. :?
Thanks!
Hi Alex
Both versions are in use. The version with ‘in’ sounds more formal to me.
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Hi Amy,
The use of “in” also sounds more natural to me. One more question: Is it the same in British English?
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Both sound natural to me, Nessie.
Maybe Alan or MrP will comment on the usage in BE.
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Interesting to some:
A “refined” search gives.
In the BYU American Corpus:
was no point in + verb-ing - 173 per 1 million words
was no point + verb-ing - 30 per 1 million words
In the BNC:
was no point in + verb-ing - 149 per 1 million words
was point + verb-ing -15 times per 1 million words
Search terms:
was no point in [v*]
was no point [v*]
On registers in the BNC.
is no point [v*]
SECTION - 0.1
SPOKEN - 0.1
FICTION - 0.0
NEWSPAPER - 0.6
ACADEMIC MISC - 0.1
…
is no point in [v*]
SPOKEN - 0.0
FICTION - 0.5
NEWSPAPER - 2.8
ACADEMIC - 1.2
MISC - 1.7
Yea, let’s wait for their ideas