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making great strides in/with? #1 (permalink) Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:23 am   making great strides in/with?
 

Hi, what preposition goes after "make great strides"? Can you say "you are making great strides in your English course" for example?

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making great strides in/with? #2 (permalink) Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:52 am   making great strides in/with?
 

Hi Torsten,

In my neck of the woods it would be 'in'.

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