'In Which' and 'To Which'
2023-11-04
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1Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question about the use of prepositions with "which."
2Dear VOA Ask a Teacher,
3I am Shohei from Japan. I enjoy many contents of VOA learning English every day.
4I have a grammatical question for using "which" such as, in which, of which, from which, and so on.
5How do native English speakers immediately decide to use the correct preposition?
6I cannot understand these differences.
7Best regards,
8Thank you (^^)!
9Thank you for writing, Shohei. This is a good question.
10When we use "which" with a preposition, it is mostly in written English to note place, time, or manner (or the way that something is happening.)
11The most often used prepositions with "which" are "in" and "to."
12The Corpus of Contemporary American English shows that "in" is used five times more often than "to."
13And they both make up more than 60 percent of all uses of a preposition with "which."
14Many times, "in which" and "to which" are used as part of an expression in English.
15They include "the extent to which," "the way in which," and "the manner in which."
16Here are some examples:
17We can explore the way in which nature changes.
18Our future depends on the extent to which humans can stop climate change.
19Fans were not pleased with the manner in which the trainer talked about the team.
20One more thing, if you're not sure which preposition to use with "which", a good choice is "in" because it's used the most often.
21Please let us know if this explanation has helped you, Shohei.
22Do you have a question about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com.
23And that's Ask a Teacher.
24I'm Gena Bennett.
1Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question about the use of prepositions with "which." 2Question 3Dear VOA Ask a Teacher, 4I am Shohei from Japan. I enjoy many contents of VOA learning English every day. I have a grammatical question for using "which" such as, in which, of which, from which, and so on. How do native English speakers immediately decide to use the correct preposition? I cannot understand these differences. 5Best regards, 6Thank you (^^)! 7Answer 8Thank you for writing, Shohei. This is a good question. 9When we use "which" with a preposition, it is mostly in written English to note place, time, or manner (or the way that something is happening.) 10The most often used prepositions with "which" are "in" and "to." The Corpus of Contemporary American English shows that "in" is used five times more often than "to." And they both make up more than 60 percent of all uses of a preposition with "which." 11Many times, "in which" and "to which" are used as part of an expression in English. They include "the extent to which," "the way in which," and "the manner in which." Here are some examples: 12We can explore the way in which nature changes. 13Our future depends on the extent to which humans can stop climate change. 14Fans were not pleased with the manner in which the trainer talked about the team. 15One more thing, if you're not sure which preposition to use with "which", a good choice is "in" because it's used the most often. 16Please let us know if this explanation has helped you, Shohei. 17Do you have a question about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com. 18And that's Ask a Teacher. 19I'm Gena Bennett. 20Gena Bennett wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English.