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Yolanda Pastor
decrease in vs decrease of

Hi!

I want to ask when it is used decrease in and decrease of. I don't know what preposition to use.  I looked it up on the dictionary and there are examples of both. But it is not clear to me what's the difference.

Thank you in advance.

22 mag 2018 17:24
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An increase in sales

An increase in the number of sausages

An increase of 30%

An increase of 2,500 sausages.


I would use in with nouns and of with numbers and percentages.

22 maggio 2018
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Wow.  It's hard to describe.  Decrease IN will be correct about 95% of the time.

I hope this helps.  I'm not an English teacher; just a native who reads a lot.  (I wouldn't know a past participle if it jumped up and bit me on the ass!)

22 maggio 2018

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Yolanda Pastor
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Inglese, Spagnolo
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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