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Davidrock65 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
noun "which to verb"
A. What's the difference between walk on the street and walk in the street?
B. I don't know what's outside the window and I don't particularly care, it is but a point on which to focus my eyes while I drink and I smoke.
a. What's but mean in the sentence?
b. a point on which to focus my eyes = a point to focus my eyes on? Is which necessary in the sentence? Under what circumstances do I have to use noun which to verb? Could you give me some examples?
Is it commonly used in conversation or merely in formal writing?
Thanks for your elucidating.
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B. I don't know what's outside the window and I don't particularly care, it is but a point on which to focus my eyes while I drink and I smoke.
a. What's but mean in the sentence?
b. a point on which to focus my eyes = a point to focus my eyes on? Is which necessary in the sentence? Under what circumstances do I have to use noun which to verb? Could you give me some examples?
Is it commonly used in conversation or merely in formal writing?
Thanks for your elucidating.
By the way, I would like to recommend a book , A Million Little Pieces, which is gripping, mesmerizing and heart-rending! It's a real page-turner!
Top answer
Davidrock65 A. What's the difference between walk on the street and walk in the street ? 'in' being actually in the street.
- Davidrock65 A.
- What's the difference between walk on the street and walk in the street ?
- 'in' being actually in the street.
- B.
- I don't know what's outside the window and I don't particularly care, it is but a point on which to focus my eyes while I drink and I smoke.
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Davidrock65
A. What's the difference between walk on the street and walk in the street?Regional, probably, but to me a walk "on" the street ("On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady) is "along"....'in' being actually in the street.
B. I don't know what's outside the window and I do
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