Monopoly

[Allen165]

Does one have a monopoly "on" or "over" something? I think both prepositions are correct.

Thanks!

 

[5jj]

'Over' sounds a little unnatural to me. 'On' and 'over' are both fine, as is 'in'.

 

[billmcd]

Does one have a monopoly "on" or "over" something? I think both prepositions are correct.

Thanks!

I have never heard/read "over" or "in" used in that way.

 

[5jj]

I have never heard/read "over" or "in" used in that way.

I don't like 'over', but many uses are recorded, and 'in' appears to be pretty common: Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)

 

[Tdol]

How about monopoly of as well?

 

[5jj]

How about monopoly of as well?

Yes, according to: Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)