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apprentice - 08 Nov 2005 22:10 GMT

Is there any differenc when you use one of those prepositions?
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Paul Burke - 09 Nov 2005 10:03 GMT

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> Is there any differenc when you use one of those prepositions?

Dunno... I'm an expert in electonics design, I'm an expert on left-
handed windlasses.

I suppose if there is consistency, I would be an expert "in" a field,
but an expert "on" a topic.

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John Holmes - 24 Dec 2005 10:39 GMT

>> Is there any differenc when you use one of those prepositions?
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> I suppose if there is consistency, I would be an expert "in" a field,
> but an expert "on" a topic.

You could also be expert "at" doing something.

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ADPUF - 24 Dec 2005 23:57 GMT

on 11:39, sabato 24 dicembre 2005, "John Holmes" <see sig>
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>>> Is there any differenc when you use one of those
>>> prepositions?
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> You could also be expert "at" doing something.

"expert *of* STh" is used?

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John Holmes - 27 Dec 2005 04:42 GMT

> on 11:39, sabato 24 dicembre 2005, "John Holmes" <see sig>
> wrote:
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> "expert *of* STh" is used?

Not commonly. It is possible that the word "of" could follow the word
"expert" in a sentence, but not with a meaning similar to the above.

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ADPUF - 27 Dec 2005 23:37 GMT

on 05:42, martedì 27 dicembre 2005, "John Holmes" <see sig>
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>> "expert *of* STh" is used?
>
> Not commonly. It is possible that the word "of" could follow
> the word "expert" in a sentence, but not with a meaning
> similar to the above.

Thanks.
Google counts it 650,000 times, when "expert at", "expert on"
and "expert in" are much more frequent (2.48M, 15.3M, 18.5M).

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Discussion Groups / British English / December 2005

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