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 #2 (permalink) Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:23 pm "join me in" or "join me for" |
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Please join me in congratulating them on their exam success.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Aug 21, 2008 15:05 pm "join me in" or "join me for" |
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Thanks Mister Micawber, but the context is
He is inviting other to join in to congradulate other's exacm success. In that sense, I don't think we can say 'join me in to congradulate them on their exam success.' Add 'in' in the sentence. |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Aug 22, 2008 0:12 am "join me in" or "join me for" |
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You have now presented a different example which of course does not require 'me'. The 'in' is still fine (I think-- since there are other errors in your sentence, it is difficult to judge what you meant to write).
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:04 am "join me in" or "join me for" |
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Thanks Mister Micawber, but the context is
He is inviting other to join in to congradulate other's exacm success. In that sense, I don't think we can say 'join me in to congradulate them on their exam success.' Add 'in' in the sentence. |
The word 'in' cannot be followed by 'to congratulate'.
I think Mister Micawber gave you a very good suggestion in his first post:
- "Please join me in congratulating them on their exam success."
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If what you mean by 'join me' is more along the lines of 'come with me', then theoretically you could possibly say this:
- "Please join me to congratulate them on their exam success."
In this case, the word 'to' would mean the same thing as 'in order to'.
However, I think it would be much more usual to use 'come with me' rather than 'join me' in this sentence.
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