Everyone on my position
At 8 seconds of this video, Steve Rogers (Captain America) says:
Everyone on my position. We have incoming.
What does the first sentence mean?
Why "on" instead of "to" or "at" or "in"?
Also, can you add a verb there like this?
Everyone get/come/be on my position.
Top answer
The character's background is the WW2 US Army. His dialog is meant to sound military, and the military like every specialized profession has their own jargon. I don't know precisely what is intended here, but "come to my position" is a reasonable guess.
- The character's background is the WW2 US Army.
- His dialog is meant to sound military, and the military like every specialized profession has their own jargon.
- I don't know precisely what is intended here, but "come to my position" is a reasonable guess.
- The use of "on" makes it sound like a military command, probably precisely because it's not the preposition we would normally use in ordinary English.
- An alternate guess would be "everybody pay attention to my position".
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The character's background is the WW2 US Army. His dialog is meant to sound military, and the military like every specialized profession has their own jargon.
I don't know precisely what is intended here, but "come to my position" is a reasonable guess. The use of "on" makes it sound like a military command, probably precisely because it's not the preposition we would normally use in ord
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