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Kenta Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Let's sit at / by the window?

0Hello. Is there any difference between them?02br
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001. In the restarurant. Let's sit ( ) the window.02br
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002. On a picnic. Shall we have a rest? Let's sit ( ) the window.02br
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003. Who is the boy standing ( ) the window?02br
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0 Can't see any difference, maybe the curtains are drawn!0-
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00by: location, with an accent on 01b00adjacency 02b0-
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0Thanks MH makes it crystal clear02br
00Following on if I may, would I be right to suggest this:02br
00 at the top = location02br
00on the top = location, with accent on contact with the surface?02br
00Trying to compare - 'on the top of the mountain' with 'at the top of the mountain'.02br
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0 Yes: 02br
00on the top = location, with accent on contact with the 01b00topmost/highest surface02b0-
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0Superb - thanks very much 0-
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0 better:02br
00 on the top = location, with accent on contact with the 01b00topmost/highest surface, and being above it02br
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0I think "by the window" suggests the person is just near the window, while "at the window" suggests the person02br
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00is near the window to do something.02br
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00Is that right?02br
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00So at the restaurant, "Let's sit at the window" and on a picnic, "Let's sit by the tree."02br
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00"A boy is standing by
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01cite10Kenta12cite10"A boy is standing by the tree." means he is just standing by the tree.12br
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10"A boy is standing at the tree." means he is doing something at the tree.12br
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10What do you think about this?12br
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10It doesn't strike me as correct.
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01cite10Kenta12cite101. In the restarurant. Let's sit ( ) the window.12br
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102. On a picnic. Shall we have a rest? Let's sit ( ) the 11font11del10window12del10i tree12font10.12br
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103. Who is the boy standing ( )
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