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Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments?



 
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Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments? #1 (permalink) Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:08 am   Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments?
 

Test No. express/advan-7 "English Grammar Prepositions", question 4

Are you in on the latest developments?

(a) kept informed about
(b) kept attached to
(c) kept told about
(d) kept written to

Test No. express/advan-7 "English Grammar Prepositions", answer 4

Are you kept informed about the latest developments?

Correct answer: (a) kept informed about
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Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments? #2 (permalink) Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:57 pm   Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments?
 

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In on = informed of/cognizant of.
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Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments? #3 (permalink) Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:48 am   Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments?
 

Hi,

I thought 'be in to' could also mean 'be involved in' so I had chosen (b). Is that impossible?

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Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments? #4 (permalink) Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:56 am   Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments?
 

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Yes, impossible: be into is not the same as be in on, and kept attached to does not mean be involved in. In fact, kept attached to would have no meaning in this sentence.
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Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments? #5 (permalink) Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:07 am   Idiom: Are you in on the latest developments?
 

I am sorry for the misspelling of 'in to' for 'in on' but I got the answer I needed from you all the same. Thank you.
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