Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Prepositional Phrase 22. The
prepositional phrase is "in turn. " Yeah. This comes up a lot and it actually
has five different meanings in five different uses. So we're going to cover all
five today and give examples for them all . All right. So let's look at the first
one. The first meaning and use is that it's one after the other or one at a
time. So it could be used to mean that. And here's the first example for that
one. Everyone waiting here will be served in turn, according to where one is
standing in line. So you're going to be served one at a time or you're going to
be served you know, one after the other So as soon as one happens then you're going
to serve the other person. Okay. Good. Number two. Each student lined up and was
handed his or her diploma in turn as their name
was called out. Yeah. So if you ever went to a graduation ceremony and you see the
what we say is the graduation procession you know, where all the students lined up
at the end as they're calling their names and they're handing them their
diploma. So they're handed their diplomas in turn as their names called out. They
hand it to them. Okay. Good. Let's read the next one. As a result of something in a
series of events. So this ... that means like as a result. So one thing kind of caused
another thing to happen. So let's look at the first one. Reduced taxes should in
turn lead to more consumer spending. Yeah. So if you reduce people's taxes, they
have more spending money. When they have more spending money, they tend to spend
it. So it should .. this should in turn lead to more consumer spending. Okay . Number ..
Oh we have another example for this one. Raising the drinking age in turn led to
a reduction in drunk driving accidents. Yes. So this happened in the past. ' They
they increased the drinking age and then the amount of accidents , especially for
youths actually went down because that made it more difficult for them to
get alcohol and drive. Okay. And number three. It means in proper
sequence. You know in proper order. The way things are followed. This one ...
this example comes from baseball. The cleanup hitter , if you know baseball,
that's the number four hitter in the batting order. He's usually like what we
call a power hitter. So and he might be your best home run hitter or extra-base
hitter. So if you got guys on base he can like hit the ball really far and you
know, clear the bases. So that's why they call them a cleanup hitter. The cleanup
hitter is next in turn after the number three hitter in the batting order. So
that's the way they usually do it. Yeah. And the idea is you know, at first if
some player gets on base, then at least the batting... the cleanup hitter will hit
you know, at least in the first inning. anyway. So to have a chance to you know,
knock him in and make him score a run. Okay. Number four. In response or in
return. So in turn here means you're doing something in response to something else
that happened or something else that was done to you. So she bought me a Christmas
present and in turn I decided to get her one too. So she got me one and I should
get her one as well. So in response or in return you did the same thing. Good and
number five here. Having a sequential relationship. So one is connected to
another which is connected to another which is connected to another in that way.
So we give this example. Mandy told Jenny a secret. Even though she's not
supposed to tell anybody , but Mandy told Jenny a secret who in turn told it to
Sally , who in turn told it to Anne, who in turn told it to her husband. So then you
have a sequential order here. One following after the other. Okay. Anyway, I
hope you got it. I hope you found it informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-
bye.