Homework Help: English

Posted by Henry2 on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 8:35am.

I forgot to add this sentence. I'm unsure on the use of the preposition "in". Do you think I can omit it?

The new parents checked (in) their bags for cigarettes and listened to their songs to see if they contained bad language.

English - Writeacher, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 9:51am
You don't need the word "in." The verb could also be any of these:
searched
went through
looked through

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