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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

AT or ON / WHO or WHOM / On or FOR

Which would you say please or how would you say it?


1 My bed is at/on a slope. I sleep at/ on a slope.

2 I don't remember who/whom I did it to./ I don't remember to whom I did it.
3 The person the divorce has been hardest on/for is my son.

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1. Depends on if you mean your bed is located on a sloping floor, or if you mean, as I suspect you do, that you have elevated the head of your bed, maybe to help some breathing problem or acid reflux. " If you mean your floor is sloping (which happens when older houses settle), I'd say, "My bed slopes.

— Sam1947

  • 1.
  • Depends on if you mean your bed is located on a sloping floor, or if you mean, as I suspect you do, that you have elevated the head of your bed, maybe to help some breathing problem or acid reflux.
  • " If you mean your floor is sloping (which happens when older houses settle), I'd say, "My bed slopes.
  • " 2.
  • It is very common to hear and see in writing, "I don't remember who I did it to," but, "I don't remember to whom I did it" is more technically correct.
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1. Depends on if you mean your bed is located on a sloping floor, or if you mean, as I suspect you do, that you have elevated the head of your bed, maybe to help some breathing problem or acid reflux. I would say, if the latter is what you are trying to express, "I have raised the head of my bed so that I am sleeping with my head elevated."

If you mean your floor is sloping (which happ
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Thank you Sam,

For number one,

I'm trying to say that since my bed is old, one side is higher than the other so it slopes.

My bed is at a slope. / I sleep at a slope.
Something like that.

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Well, you could say it very colorfully with an idiom, i.e., "My old bed is a bit worn and lists to port (or starboard, depending on which way it slopes), leaving me sleeping at a somewhat disconcerting angle.

Or, more simply, "My bed is old and slopes to one side, so that I wind up sleeping at an angle."
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Thank you Sam,

Can you use a noun

My bed is AT/ON a slope?

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You can. If your bed is on a floor that has settled so that it slopes, you could say my bed is on a slope. If the mattress itself slopes, because it is old, and has had more wear on one side than the other, I would say, "My bed slopes," or "My mattress slopes." My bed is on a slope implies that the bed is set on a slope, such as a sloping floor. But, "My bed slopes" could mean that the mattre
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