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It is said that working is the most important thing of people's life. (incorrect)
It is said that working is the most important thing in people's life. (correct)
Why can't I say "the most important thing of people's life"? (人们生活中的最重要的事情)
It is said that working is the most important thing in people's life. (correct)
Why can't I say "the most important thing of people's life"? (人们生活中的最重要的事情)
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I think "of" is modifies something which doesn't exist in this sentence. For example:
"It is said that 20-30 are the most important 10 years of a person's life" is similar, but works because there is an extra "10 years" that the "of a person's life" modifies.
If you wrote:
"It is said that 20-30 are the most important 10 years in a person's life," then what the emphasis is on is the word "important"
source:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/265975/preposition-in-vs-of
It is said that working is the most important thing in people's life.
I wouldn't say that is correct either. These two sentences are correct, but I would say the second one is better:
"It is said that working is the most important thing in people's lives."
"It is said that working is the most important thing in a person's life."
Why can't I say "the most important thing of in people's life lives"?
We say "in" because in our minds we think of a life as a span of time (a "lifetime"). So imagine a timeline of a person's life. Work happens "in" that timeline in between birth and death. So we say that events happen "in" a person's lifetime.
Birth|----StudyStudyStudy-WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkRetire---|Death
Hope that helps!