'Stones weather IN time' or 'WITH time'? Or perhaps both versions are correct?
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Both are correct.
To "weather with time" or "weather over time" suggest a gradual, continuous process. There's no exact moment at which the stone becomes "weathered."
To "weather in time" almost suggests that someone is waiting for the stone to become weathered. There is a feeling of something happening at a definite time. For example, "names carved in granite last longer than names carved in slate, but even the hardest stone will weather in time."
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“Weather over time” has become more common.
Here is a Google Ngram.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=weather+in+time%2C+weather+over+time%2C+weather+with+time&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cweather%20in%20time%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cweather%20over%20time%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cweather%20with%20time%3B%2Cc0
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