Prevailing commonly takes in for places or situations and among for groups. Prevailing over is less common as an adjective and more common as a verb phrase.
Use prevailing in for conditions, attitudes, or situations in a place or context. Use prevailing among for groups of people. Prevailing over is more natural as part of the verb prevail over rather than the adjective prevailing.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use prevailing in for conditions, ideas, or moods that exist in a place or context.
Use prevailing among for opinions or trends within groups of people.
Prevailing over appears mainly in formal style and is closely related to the verb prevail over.
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.
Prevailing on someone belongs to the verb prevail, not the adjective prevailing.
✕ a prevailing on manager ✓ a manager prevailing on staff to cooperateAt usually introduces a time or event context.
✕ opinions prevailing at society ✓ opinions prevailing in societyThe verb prevail over is often more natural.
✕ the prevailing over force ✓ the force that prevailed over its rivalsChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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It is possible in formal writing, but the verb prevail over is more common.
Yes. Common examples include prevailing winds and prevailing weather conditions.
In is usually for places or situations, while among is for groups of people.
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