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Off Topic => General Discussion => Topic started by: Obviousman on May 09, 2022, 09:10:07 PM
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This one came up and I wanted to hear the opinion of others: Is the correct term:
"Expert in their field"
or
"Expert in the field"
I favour the former although I can see times when the latter would be... appropriate.
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I always thought that you use the phrase Expert in the field of……..
And this person is an expert in their field.
Ie two distinct uses.
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Yeah, with "the field," you have to specify what field. Now, if you're already discussing, say, historical costuming or 3D printing or whatever, and you reference a person, at that point it becomes perfectly acceptable to just say "an expert in the field," because at that point it's understood that they're an expert in the field under discussion.