| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| is usually followed by with: The evening air was saturated with moisture. By and in occur occasionally too, but the first can sound odd to conservative ears (The track was saturated by rain and hail), and if people are involved, everyone is more comfortable if the reflexive -self form of the pronoun is also present with in (He saturated himself in Mozart). | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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