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Timeline for In that instant vs At that instant

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Jun 20, 2015 at 16:19 vote accept john2546
Jun 20, 2015 at 14:54 answer added Robusto timeline score: 3
Jun 20, 2015 at 14:20 comment added John Lawler "In that instant" must be a frozen form; semantically, an instant is a very small stretch of time, hardly a large volume, which is what in requires. At would be the norm.
Jun 20, 2015 at 13:58 comment added Edwin Ashworth What do Google Ngrams for "in that instant" and "at that instant" suggest?
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