Decrease in / of

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SwissJeremy

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German-Swiss
Hi, I'd like to know what sounds better to you:

"decrease in turnover" or "decrease of turnover"

"decrease in pressure" or "decrease of pressure"

"increase in taxes" or "increase of taxes"

"drop in income" or "drop of income"

Is there a certain way to know when to chose IN and when OF?
 
    • SwissJeremy said:
    Hi, I'd like to know what sounds better to you:

    "decrease in turnover" :tick: or "decrease of turnover" :cross:

    "decrease in pressure" :tick: or "decrease of pressure" :cross:

    "increase in taxes" :tick: or "increase of taxes" :cross:

    "drop in income" :tick: or "drop of income" :cross:

    Is there a certain way to know when to chose IN and when OF?
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    It's quite difficult to explain (at least for me) but I'll give it a go. When you say increase in taxes, it means that with in the tax rate there is an increase. If you say of, it's like saying the increase which belongs, which is part of the tax.

    Maybe a native can offer a better help here...and perhaps correct me as well if I'm wrong.
     
    Is it really that simple IN right OF wrong? Because actually I've heard also quite often OF in such cases. Any other opinions on this?
     
    To be certain I've just googled key words such as "increase", "taxes", "income", "in", "of". Here is what it has come up with.

    "Will Obamas increase in taxes on the 5% cause higher prices on everything?" (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081008123315AAoYtOL)

    "Judges May Order Increase in Taxes, High Court Rules" (http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1990/04/25/09370028.h09.html)

    "German Bank Posts Drop In Income" (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E1DA143EF931A35751C0A9679C8B63)
     
    If using as a verb, decreasy/increase by:

    The tax was increased by 2%.

    In the sentences:

    Increase of Tax,
    Decrease of Tax

    both are used as nouns.
     
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