The phrase "and acquaintances in the" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when referring to a group of people that includes friends and acquaintances, typically in a social or professional context.
Example: "I invited my friends and acquaintances in the community to the event to foster better relationships."
Alternatives: "and contacts in the" or "and associates in the".
According to federal campaign reports and local newspaper accounts, roughly half of Mr. Bush's campaign treasury came from friends and acquaintances in the Texas oil business.
In the weeks before the gathering, I had sent dozens of email alerts to friends and acquaintances in the journalism profession.
They have also added a question on the migrant's social networks, exploring how the information and migration decision making relates to the migrant's social network of friends and acquaintances in the sending and receiving country.
One was a petition sent in by 12-year-old Robin Tucker signed by more than 100 of his friends, family and acquaintances "in the hope that it will help prevent Guy the Gorilla being stuffed".
As you do, reflect on the fact that she chronicled her friends and acquaintances in the East Village living the bohemian life — and the ballad of sexual dependency — only a few blocks away.
In a posting titled "Git Yer Early Exit Poll Numbers Here!" Mr. Shafer said he would ask "friends, enemies and acquaintances in the media" who had access to the data to give it to him.
She returned to New York City and, as a result of her experiences and acquaintances in Italy, joined the Roman Catholic church in 1805.
Facebook's "Tag Suggestions" feature uses facial recognition technology to speed up the process of labeling friends and acquaintances in photos posted on the site.
"They're a little too concerned," says the man who claims he's given away most of the cash he's made to friends and acquaintances in need, "with keeping up the payment on the Rolls-Royce, when really they should be busying themselves with doing something that's true to their own selves.
Indeed, facts large and small in the book have been challenged by a wider circle of friends and acquaintances in Salinas, Calif., including the family of Bill Dorrance, a respected horse trainer whom Mr. Roberts describes in a dedication as one of his cherished teachers.
Krimstein's book makes for a primer for Arendt's ways of thinking and also for that of many of her friends and acquaintances (in homage to David Foster Wallace, The Three Escapes comes with copious footnotes on everyone from Walter Benjamin to Billy Wilder).
