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Interventizio Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
By the front door?
"The milkman left the carton of milk OUTSIDE/BY/IN FRONT OF my front door."
Which is it? Of course, I want to say that he left the milk just outside the front door. I sometimes have difficulties with prepositions expressing vicinity and/or "frontness".
Which is it? Of course, I want to say that he left the milk just outside the front door. I sometimes have difficulties with prepositions expressing vicinity and/or "frontness".
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The only difference I can see is that 'by' means 'to one side of' the door, where you wouldn't fall over it if you didn't notice it was there.
- The only difference I can see is that 'by' means 'to one side of' the door, where you wouldn't fall over it if you didn't notice it was there.
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The only difference I can see is that 'by' means 'to one side of' the door, where you wouldn't fall over it if you didn't notice it was there.
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I'll go with "outside the front door" then. Because even though it doesn't per se express vicinity (after all, the whole world is outside my front door), it does in this context, right?
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"'The milkman left the carton of milk IN FRONT OF my FRONT door."
This repetition sounds silly.
This repetition sounds silly.
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