In performance is a common expression about acting, behaviour, or operation during an activity. Of performance usually appears after another noun, such as evaluation of performance.
In performance refers to behaviour or quality while performing or operating. Of performance is not usually a fixed phrase by itself; it normally depends on another noun such as analysis of performance or review of performance.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use in performance to describe what happens while someone or something performs.
Of performance commonly follows nouns such as assessment, review, analysis, or measurement.
Use performance in to specify the area or activity where results are measured.
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.
This combination usually needs another noun before it.
✕ The company focused of performance. ✓ The company focused on improvement of performance.In performance describes behaviour while performing. Performance in names the activity or field.
✕ Her in performance mathematics improved. ✓ Her performance in mathematics improved.Performance often needs in when naming a field or activity.
✕ performance the exam ✓ performance in the examChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. It is used for behaviour or quality during performance or operation.
Usually no. It normally follows another noun, such as review of performance.
In performance describes behaviour while performing, while performance in names a field or activity.
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