Ongoing usually describes something that continues over time. Ongoing for is common with a period of time. Ongoing in is used when referring to an area, place, or activity.
Use ongoing for with a duration: ongoing for months. Use ongoing in when something continues within a field, place, or process: ongoing in the region. The adjective also commonly appears before a noun, as in ongoing negotiations.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use ongoing for with lengths of time.
Use ongoing in when describing where or in what area something continues.
Ongoing commonly appears directly before nouns.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Ongoing does not normally take with directly after it.
✕ The talks are ongoing with three days. ✓ The talks have been ongoing for three days.Use in for places or fields.
✕ Fighting is ongoing for the city. ✓ Fighting is ongoing in the city.Ongoing often works best before a noun.
✕ The project is ongoing situation. ✓ The project is an ongoing situation.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. This is one of the most common uses, as in ongoing discussions.
It is usually followed by a duration such as weeks, months, or years.
Yes. It can describe fields or systems, such as ongoing in education.
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