"I work {on/with/in} a team"? - English Language Learners ...

Prepositions like on, with, and in are indicative of the writer's intent. In your example sentences. I work on a team. the preposition on means that the ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "Iwork{on/with/in}ateam"? AskQuestion Asked 6years,1monthago Active 1year,1monthago Viewed 127ktimes 16 7 Iamwonderingwhichofthefollowingsentencesismoreusedorevencorrect?Whatisthiscalled?Word-choice,collocationorsomethingelse? Iworkonateam. Iworkwithateam. Iworkinateam. word-choiceprepositions Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedOct10'15at17:31 NathanTuggy 9,3482020goldbadges3838silverbadges5656bronzebadges askedOct10'15at16:32 HoseinRahnamaHoseinRahnama 34722goldbadges55silverbadges1414bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  4Answers 4 Active Oldest Votes 15 Prepositionslikeon,with,andinareindicativeofthewriter'sintent.Inyourexamplesentences Iworkonateam. theprepositiononmeansthatthesubjectworksasamemberofateam. Iworkwithateam. theprepositionwithmeansthatthesubjectworksinacooperativeway,althoughitcouldalsoindicatemembershipofateam. Iworkinateam. theprepositionininthiscaseseemstomeanlocationwithinateam,butthisdoesnotconveythesamesenseofparticipationsuggestedinthefirsttwoexamples. Astowhetherthisisamatterofwordchoiceorcollocation,itiswordchoicetoconveyintent.Collocationmostusuallyreferstoseveralwordsthatareoftenusedtogether(e.g.,makingmybed,barofsoap,burstintotears).Collocationforyourexamplesmightbesomethinglikeworkteamorperhapsworkintandem. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredOct10'15at19:39 KatherineKatherine 82855silverbadges77bronzebadges 1 1 Goodanswer,butmaybeabetterdescriptionof"in":1)thepersonworksaspartofateamratherthanworkingalone,or2)similarto"on",but"in"mightsignifyaminorrole,orasamemberofacomponentofalargeteam. – fixer1234 Aug10'18at18:15 Addacomment  |  3 Iworkonateam meansthepersonisamemberoftheteam. IworkwithateammeansIcontributemyknowledgeasamember meansthepersonishelpingateaminsomeway,butmayormaynotbeamemberoftheteam.Forexample,supposemycompanysellswidgetstohospitals,andthehospitalhasateamofinstallerswhowillbeinstallingthenewwidgetsineachroom.IfIamtrainingthoseinstallers,Imightsay,“Iamworkingwiththeinstallationteam”eventhoughI’mnotamemberoftheinstallationteam. Iworkinateam IfIheardsomeonewaythis,Iwouldassumetheysimplymeanttheyworkedasamemberoftheteam;itsoundslikeit’stalkingaboutmembershipmorethanlocation.AdifferentanswersaysthisisutteredmoreofteninBritishEnglish,whichmaybetrue.Peoplemightalsousetheexpressionworkinteamstodescribeanapproachtosolvingaproblem;forexample,ateachermightsaytotheclass,“Iwantyoutoworkinteamsofthreeasyoutrytosolvethisproblem.” Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredAug10'18at7:52 J.R.♦J.R. 108k99goldbadges153153silverbadges280280bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2 Iworkonateam=Imanage/control/influenceateam. Iworkwithateam=Icollaborate/cooperatewithateam. Iworkinateam=Iamoneofthatteam Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedOct10'15at21:46 NathanTuggy 9,3482020goldbadges3838silverbadges5656bronzebadges answeredOct10'15at21:39 aswaaksaswaaks 24211silverbadge66bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Iworkonateam=UsedinAmericanEnglish Iworkinateam=UsedinBritishEnglish Iworkwithateam=cooperatewithateam Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedNov6'17at20:44 Laurel 10.2k11goldbadge2828silverbadges4646bronzebadges answeredNov6'17at18:59 user64639user64639 1 Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedword-choiceprepositions. 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