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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
In or down?
Hi. Please help. I believe in a folktale named "The Three Little Pigs," there is the expression "I'll blow your house in!" My question is, "Why does it have to be "in" at the end of the expression and not "down"? To me, "down" makes sense and "in" doesn't.
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" No, that's not the way I heard it as a child. Anonymous To me, "down" makes sense and "in" doesn't. Yes, of course.
- " No, that's not the way I heard it as a child.
- Anonymous To me, "down" makes sense and "in" doesn't.
- Yes, of course.
- Nevertheless, 'in' appears in some versions, and it is not important.
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Anonymous I believe in a folktale named "The Three Little Pigs," there is the expression "I'll blow your house in!"No, that's not the way I heard it as a child.
AnonymousTo me, "down" makes sense and "in" doesn't.Yes, of course. Nevertheless, 'in' appears in some versions, and it is not important.
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The real answer is that If the wolf had sung "I'll blow your house DOWN"
It wouldn't have rhymed with "Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin" So the wolf very cleverly decided to sing "I'll blow your house IN".
This proves that wolves are better poets than they are grammarians, Although how the wolf in the fairy story knew that the pig would say "Not by the hair on my chinny chin ch
It wouldn't have rhymed with "Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin" So the wolf very cleverly decided to sing "I'll blow your house IN".
This proves that wolves are better poets than they are grammarians, Although how the wolf in the fairy story knew that the pig would say "Not by the hair on my chinny chin ch
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