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Tinanam0102 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

abut and abut on

Hi teachers,

formal : to touch along an edge [+ obj] ? Their property abuts [=adjoins] our property. = Their property and our property abut each other. [=their property is directly next to our property; an edge of their property touches an edge of our property] [no obj] ? Their property and our property abut. — often + on ? Their property abuts on our property.

Could you please tell me when to use just "abut" and when to use "abut on"?

Thanks
Tinanam
  

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Hi, This property abuts that property. This property abuts on that property. Your dictionary (and mine) indicates that the meaning is the same.

— Clive

  • Hi, This property abuts that property.
  • This property abuts on that property.
  • Your dictionary (and mine) indicates that the meaning is the same.
  • But I don't remember seeing 'on'.
  • If I were you, I just wouldn't use 'on'.
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Hi,
This property abuts that property.
This property abuts on that property.

Your dictionary (and mine) indicates that the meaning is the same.
But I don't remember seeing 'on'. If I were you,
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Hi Clive,

Thanks for helping me.

This reminds me of another word having the same problem. Suck on or suck (without on). Is it no difference at all when you say "the baby is sucking on his thumb" and "the baby is sucking his thumb."

Thanks
TN
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