At court vs to court
Good aftternoon,
Would it be correct to say that somebody is "received to court" when that somebody is given a permanent position at a royal palace? As opposed to "received at (the) court", when that person has been invited for the occasional afternoon tea? Do the different prepositions make for the different meanings? Please enlighten me. Thanks.
Frank
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Yes, that seems OK to me. But it is such an uncommon topic that you should add something to the context to ensure that the reader understands. eg Lady Jane was received to court as the Queen's maid, and stayed there for ten years.
- Yes, that seems OK to me.
- But it is such an uncommon topic that you should add something to the context to ensure that the reader understands.
- eg Lady Jane was received to court as the Queen's maid, and stayed there for ten years.
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Yes, that seems OK to me. But it is such an uncommon topic that you should add something to the context to ensure that the reader understands.
eg Lady Jane was received to court as the Queen's maid, and stayed there for ten years.
0banana zany 467Would it be correct to say that somebody is "received to court" when that somebody is given a permanent position at a royal palace?
I don't know what the phrase is, but I strongly doubt it's "received to court". That string of words is not found at all either by fraze.it or by Google's Ngram Viewer. The very few instances found on Google ha
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