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Heidi
Is this OK, 'Did you win in the contest?'? Thanks!
Aug 26, 2016 5:51 AM
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It's not wrong but the sentence would be more natural without the 'in.'
August 26, 2016
Hi Jerry. I mean he won the first, second or third in the contest
August 26, 2016
Hi Helen. Are you asking if a person won 'something' in the contest? Or if a person won 'a' contest, to mean there was one prize?
August 26, 2016
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Heidi
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Chinese (Mandarin), English
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English
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