This section is from the book "The Science And Art Of Phrase-Making", by David Wolfe Brown. Also available from Amazon: The science and art of phrase-making.
385. Phrases like in reply, in response, etc., in which the preposition in is followed by a word beginning with re-,
may be written thus: in reply
in response
386. Write the following:
in rebuttal in receipt in ref(erence) in rejoining
in repayment in reply in resp(ect) in response
 
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