prepositions
Hi guys!

Sometimes, as many non-native speakers, I usually get crazy with prepositions.

Is there any difference in:

The tax increases "on" high incomes
The tax increases "in" high incomes.

There was an increase on the economy
There was an increase in the economy

This is a huge increase in information
This is a huge increase on information

Is there a grammar rule or something?

Thanks!

Question

prepositions
Hi guys!

Sometimes, as many non-native speakers, I usually get crazy with prepositions.

Is there any difference in:

The tax increases "on" high incomes
The tax increases "in" high incomes.

There was an increase on the economy
There was an increase in the economy

This is a huge increase in information
This is a huge increase on information

Is there a grammar rule or something?

Thanks!

Answer

For the first question, it would a tax increase on high incomes, because it is the tax that’s increasing, not the income.  For the other two, it would be an increase in the economy/information, because those are the things that are increasing.  Therefore, we always use ‘in” when the thing itself is increasing or decreasing.

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