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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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Hello
I'd like to ask about where you point out by the following expression.
1) There is a red building at the corner.
2) There is a red building on the corner.
3) There is a red building in the corner.
The corner must mean the point where two roads meet. So I cannot get the difference of the sentence 1)2) 3).
Would you give me some guidance?
Thank you.
I'd like to ask about where you point out by the following expression.
1) There is a red building at the corner.
2) There is a red building on the corner.
3) There is a red building in the corner.
The corner must mean the point where two roads meet. So I cannot get the difference of the sentence 1)2) 3).
Would you give me some guidance?
Thank you.
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1) and 2) mean the same thing. 3) is not possible. When something is "in the corner", the corner is the place where two walls of a room come together.
- 1) and 2) mean the same thing.
- 3) is not possible.
- When something is "in the corner", the corner is the place where two walls of a room come together.
- You could have left your shoes in the corner.
- You may place a little table in the corner, next to the lamp.
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1) and 2) mean the same thing.
3) is not possible.
When something is "in the corner", the corner is the place where two walls of a room come together.
You could have left your shoes in the corner.
You may place a little table in the corner, next to the lamp.
But you could not have something as big as a building in the corner.
3) is not possible.
When something is "in the corner", the corner is the place where two walls of a room come together.
You could have left your shoes in the corner.
You may place a little table in the corner, next to the lamp.
But you could not have something as big as a building in the corner.
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Apparently, there could be a building in the corner of something bigger, like a campus, a large parking lot, ... ,"of" usually comes to show the location of the place.
But, otherwise, as CJ mentioned, there could not be a building just in the corner (of nowhere).
But, otherwise, as CJ mentioned, there could not be a building just in the corner (of nowhere).
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