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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

in place vs out of place

0When you are at some place you find it hard to blend in, you feel out of place, right?02br
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00So I believe the same logic can be applied to a strange sentence. If so, do you call a corrected out-of-place sentence in place?02br
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00I think I just opened a can of worms, like Goodman would say.02br
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02br 00Not nearly a can of worms, since there is little point in applying logic to fixed or idiomatic expressions. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00Not nearly a can of worms, since there is little point in applying logic to fixed or idiomatic expressions.
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00Not nearly a can of worms, since there is little point in applying logic to fixed or idiomatic expressions. What do you consider an 'out-of-place' sentence?0-
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0Let's take the example from my previous post,02br
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01i00Not wanting to waste the movie ticket, I invited a friend to join me.02i02br
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00I wanted to tell GG that the choice of words above is not as good as hers which is02br
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01i00Not wanting the movie ticket to go to waste, I invited a friend to join me
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0 If you want to say that a sentence is out of place, you have to show the surrounding text as well. For example, if you had a scientific paper with all kinds of technical jargon, and in the middle of it there was a joke using a lot of slang, you would say that the sentence with the joke was out of place. A joke does not seem to belong in a serious scientific paper.02br
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0Thanks CJ. I see your point. Would you call the corrected out-of-place sentence in place in your scientific paper example?0-
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0In place is not used as the opposite of 'out of place', whatever the context.02br
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00If something fits in - then you can say02br
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00X fits in....02br
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00X suits....02br
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00X is appropriate for...02br
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00but you need to think of the right wording for each context.02br

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0Thanks Nona for confirming. Actually I didn't think it was the opposite. in place is usually used to describe all resources has been gathered, for example, now that we have everything in place, we can launch the website. The reason I asked was that literally, they look like the opposites.0-
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0in place in that sense means 'present', not 'correct' or 'appropriate', so no, they are not opposites.0-
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