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I have recently come to the conclusion that the N1 に N2 construction (eg
パンにバター）is more common than I thought. It is the only explanation I think of to
make grammatical sense of the sentences below. Could somebody confirm I have
this right ( **in bold** ) in the following case?

> なお、 **本状と行き違いにお支払い済み** の場合はお許しください Please ignore this notice if you have
> already paid (this card and your payment have crossed)

_Note_

The following sentence has been removed as に should have been の： **相手に言い分**
もわかったとはいえ、心から納得したわけではない ( "Although I understand were he's coming from, I
can't really agree with him.")
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Spotting the N1 に N2 construction (eg パンにバター）
It's not an instance of the listing に.

Here に indicates that (と)行き違い describes the manner in which お支払い(済み) was done.

> Please forgive us in the case that payment has been completed "in crossing"
> with this letter. (=while the letter was still on its way... I'm not sure
> you can use this form for this in English, I might just have made "in
> crossing" up)

I think it's the same as this に, despite お支払い済み appearing not to be a verb...

> And ringing the bell in passing, he led the way into the adjoining room.  
>  そして通りすがりに鐘をならしつつ、かれは隣室へと一同を先導した。
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