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Thu 8 Oct, 2015 04:21 am
- The good way to view the life you were living __ would be to get out of it.
Our teacher, when I was still a student many decades ago, told us to write something in the blank. But I think using in is wrong: a life, you can live, not live in. Do you agree?
It's an awkward sentence, poorly written. I see not reason to add a word to that sad sentence.
@WBYeats,
This looks like a creativity exercise. Is it? You could put one of any number of adverbs in that blank.
The good way to view the life you are living blithely would be to get out of it. The word "daily" also works.
I don't think the word "in" adds anything to the sentence.
@maxdancona,
1. Is your 1st language American English?
2. Do you mean 'in' in the blank is optional or simply wrong? I think many decades ago when my teacher gave us this sentence, he wanted us to use a preposition, like
in; so I particularly want to know whether
in is correct.
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