Fish in the River

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00Yes, it's fine. I guess the idea in such a case is that your hook is in the river.02br
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00Clive0-

0Hi, Clive.02br
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00Would you also say, "I fished in the ocean, lake, etc," instead of saying, "I fished at the ocean, lake, etc."?02br
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00Hiro02br
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0Yes.02br
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00Clive0-

0 With verbs of searching (search for, look for, fish, hunt) the "in" shows where the object of your search is located, not where you are located.02br
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00 I fished in the river. I tried to catch fish (which were - you hope - in the river).02br
00 I looked for the answer in this book. (The answer may have been in the book, not I.)02br
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00May I jump in? 02br
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00I often come across expressions using the seas/ the rivers/ the lakes in the way as if they are adverbials to indicate the place of fishing, i.e, like "I often fished the river near my house". Does it differ from "I often fished in the river near my house"?02br
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0 No difference. I'll go you one better. People in the U.S. say "to shop 01i00name of store02i00", especially in advertisements.02br
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01i00Shop Albertson's and save!02i02br
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00 And you may already be familiar with the United Airlines ad:02br
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01i00Fly United! *02br
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10A quick point, if I may, CJ. Shop Albertsons' and save! (Since the shop name is Albertsons)0-

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00How would you then differenciate fishing with yourself on, say, a jetty and the hook, line and sinker in the water, and fishing with youself actually on a boat out in the ocean?02br
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00Hiro02br
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0Interesting.02br
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00I've been using both forms, "Who did you fly on?" and, "Who did you fly?" unaware too much the latter appears a bit different, and now fish joins the club.02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00How would you then differenciate fishing with yourself on, say, a jetty and the hook, line and sinker in the water, and fishing with youself actually on a boat out in 00the00 ocean?02font02br
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00Often, such problems do not arise, because natural speech says it another way.02br