These combinations have different meanings. In oil usually describes a substance or cooking method, of oil shows composition or amount, and for oil often expresses purpose.
Use in oil for something covered, cooked, or preserved in oil. Use of oil for quantity or composition. Use for oil when talking about purpose, demand, or searching.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use in oil when something is cooked, preserved, or covered with oil.
Use of oil after nouns that express quantity, type, or content.
Use for oil when discussing drilling, demand, or equipment intended for oil.
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.
Use in oil when describing how food is cooked.
✕ The onions were fried of oil. ✓ The onions were fried in oil.Use of oil after measurements and containers.
✕ a bottle in oil ✓ a bottle of oilChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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No. Use cooked in oil to describe the cooking method.
It usually refers to purpose or searching, such as drilling for oil.
No. It is mainly used for quantity, type, or composition, such as a drop of oil.
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