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Difference between "the likelihood of starting in a graduate job" vs "the likelihood of starting a graduate job"
All three ways feel natural enough to me, but the meaning isn't the same.
If you "start in a graduate job", "start" is intransitive, which means there's an understood object other ...
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Difference between "the likelihood of starting in a graduate job" vs "the likelihood of starting a graduate job"
Using "in" seems to match the natural meaning.
The "job" exists before you start work, in that there is some task for you to do. And if you are not in a graduate job, you will ...
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killer of kings
In English, verber of noun generally means someone or something who performs the action X on Y. For example,
a farmer of corn: a person who grows corn
a slayer of giants: a person who slays giants
a ...
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Difference between "the likelihood of starting in a graduate job" vs "the likelihood of starting a graduate job"
"Waiting until after graduation to apply for work reduces the likelihood of starting a job".
No need to repeat the word graduate which would be a semantic error there.
I have never heard the ...
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Can you paraphrase "How long do we give it" in the excerpt below?
"How long do we give it" means "how long do we wait". We can have a long time as well as a long distance.
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