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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
meaning of : on the counter
Yesterday I spilled a jug of water on the table and it poured over the edge of the table onto the floor.
If you said you spilled a jug of water and it poured onto the floor "from the table" (omitting "the edge of") then it would be correct and very natural because you are saying where the spill occured, on the table, versus on the counter, for instance. It is more natural to say "over the edge" than "from the edge" if you want to use "edge" in your sentence.
Could you tell me what the "on the counter" means?
If you said you spilled a jug of water and it poured onto the floor "from the table" (omitting "the edge of") then it would be correct and very natural because you are saying where the spill occured, on the table, versus on the counter, for instance. It is more natural to say "over the edge" than "from the edge" if you want to use "edge" in your sentence.
Could you tell me what the "on the counter" means?
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counter - a work surface of some sort.
- counter - a work surface of some sort.
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Nona The Britcounter - a work surface of some sort.Thank you Nona-the-Brit.
But I can't understand the "on the counter" with this meaning. Could you tell the meaning of "counter" in regard to the context?
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They were just making a point about specifying where the spill happened. It didn't happen on a counter, it happened on a table. (I don't quite see why they brought this into it to be honest).
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