Correct or not: "This form is to be filled in in black ink." I'd like to say something like "you must fill in this form in black ink". Is the following sentence correct? "This form is to be filled in

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Correct or not: "This form is to be filled in in black ink." I'd like to say something like "you must fill in this form in black ink". Is the following sentence correct? "This form is to be filled in in black ink". Or is the sentence "This form is to fill in black ink" correct/better? Thanks.

15 de out de 2015 14:57

Respostas · 6

We'd definitely avoid using a structure like that where we had to repeat 'in'. In writing it looks really, really untidy and it is definitely best avoided. Happily enough it's easy enough to change: This form is to be filled in using black ink. 'This form is to fill in black ink' is not correct.

15 de outubro de 2015

"This form is to be filled in in black ink" is 100% correct, but simply poor style. The two 'in's one after the other are right grammatically, but they just don't look good. You could reword it as Paul suggests, or as '"This form is to be completed in black ink".

15 de outubro de 2015

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