Tie in/up with
'I was also puzzled, as it didn't tie up with what I read in the referral.'

Is this sentence correct? I wonder whether it wouldn't be better to say "tie in with".

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Tie in/up with
'I was also puzzled, as it didn't tie up with what I read in the referral.'

Is this sentence correct? I wonder whether it wouldn't be better to say "tie in with".

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Thanks to you too, Michael!

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"Tie in" works, and is much better in my opinion. Just a slip of the pen / tablet, probably.

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Thank you for your comments! The sentence was actually from a British novel by a renowned author, so I somehow think it should be natural in a way. However, I found that 'tie in with' fits better.

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I wouldn’t say either are necessarily wrong grammatically. However, they both sound very unnatural in english. I think “as it didn’t tie to what i read” sounds a bit more natural. “It didn’t match what I read” or “didn’t coincide with what I read” are more natural speech patterns.

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“tie in with” would make more sense in this context :)

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