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spend in/on doing
Someone said spend sth. on doing something is not correct, but I found this on a dictionary. now I'm confused, can any native speaker tell me what's the difference between spend on doing and spend in doing? Thank you very much
12 окт. 2019 г., 1:24
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“To spend (money) on doing something” is absolutely correct (and probably the simplest, most common way to word it). For example, you could spend $10 on getting your car washed.
12 октября 2019 г.
Both "spending something ON/IN doing something" are correct.
Example: "I spent $500 on/in renovating my house". Where I am, the 'on' version is more common and using 'in' sounds very casual.
If you drop the 'doing something', then you should use 'on', not 'in'.
For example, "I spent $500 on my house". This is implying you spent $500 on doing something (maintenance ?) to your house. This work could be inside or outside. If had used 'in' and said "I spent $500 in my house", the meaning changes as you are implying you only did something within your house - not outside.
12 октября 2019 г.
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Языковые навыки
китайский (путунхуа), английский, немецкий
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