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Free sign upThe phrase "went in the direction of" is correct and can be used in written English.
It usually implies that a person or thing is moving towards a certain place or direction. For example, "The little girl went in the direction of the park, skipping happily."
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Frege's proposals went in the direction of a reduction of all mathematics to logic.
"But I've never observed that it went in the direction of sexual harassment".
Next to the synthesis and exploration of novel ligand motifs, research attention also went in the direction of the design and synthesis of new pincer-metal complexes for novel applications.
Here Mr. Jenner practically shrieked the lyrics, and as the band was transitioning to "Come Back to Me," it went in the direction of austere techno for a moment, with crisp digital handclaps landing like slaps.
The cars went in the direction of the Iranian border – because the road is unpaved and dusty, it can take up to an hour and a half to reach the border.
I made it seem like there are a lot of profound unknowns and went in the direction of fuzziness, so that no one could say, 'Hey, your philosopher says this is nonsense.' That's what I thought, but you'd never know from what I wrote".
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We're going in the direction of the World Series.
"Whatever changes," he said, "goes in the direction of modernization".
"They decided to go in the direction of Germany.
"I would be strongly in favor of going in the direction of full-day kindergarten.
"Everything that goes in the direction of proliferation is a bad direction".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com