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If I want to say "convergence of line A, line B (say outer boundaries) and some other lines (say internal skeleton)" which of the following phrases should I use?
Convergence of outer boundaries with internal skeleton
Convergence of outer boundaries and internal skeleton
niro
Posted 2013-10-02T21:53:37.547
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This case is fuzzy to me too, so I decided to search COCA to see what other people say.
Here's what I found:
"convergence of * and" 130 results
"convergence of * with" 10 results
Based on this, it looks like and is more popular, but with is also acceptable. My intuition is that there is no significant difference in meaning; I looked through some of the results trying to find a pattern, but as far as I can tell they're interchangeable.
It seems to me that both and and with are okay, but the usual choice is and.
snailplane
Posted 2013-10-02T21:53:37.547
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