On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:07:21 GMT, Giuseppe
<cames@hotmail.it> wrote:
>
> On a website about south pole exploration I found the following bit:
>
> "The history of our involvement at the South Pole dates back to the early
> years of the 20th century."
> (http://205.174.118.254/nspt/explore/hstory01.htm)
>
> What is the right way to say : involvment in or involment at?
Yes <g>. Both, depending on context.
involvement AT a location
involvement IN an activity
involvement WITH a person or organisation
The latter two can sometimes be interchanged, I could be involved IN the
British Computer Society (meaning that I'm involved IN their activities)
or involved WITH them (as a customer or associate).
> The history is very interesting to me, so do you think that the text is
> written in a correct english and can I relay on it to improve my english?
> Thank you!
I only skimmed the site, but I didn't find any glaring errors in English
grammar. Certainly the sentence you quote is grammatically correct and
has the correct meaning.
(I think you mean 'rely', not 'relay', by the way. The former means
'depend' and the second means to transfer something as in a relay
race! It may just be a typing mistake, of course...)
Chris C
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