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Addyaddy Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

in your face vs. to your face

We use two different prepositions while describing anything to do with our face:

She yelled out the letter TO his face

She there the letter IN his face

what is the difference and why do we construct these sentences with these different prepositions.
  

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) 'in one's face' = loudly or rudely

  • ) 'in one's face' = loudly or rudely
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'to one's face' = personally, in person (not by phone or message, etc.)
'in one's face' = loudly or rudely

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