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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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On above over
We are on a bridge, which would you say?
We are having a picnic over the/above the river/on the river.
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Technically, the bridge is over the river and the picnic is being held on the bridge. By analysis, the picnic is above the river; but it sounds more sensible to say ‘on the bridge over the river’.
- Technically, the bridge is over the river and the picnic is being held on the bridge.
- By analysis, the picnic is above the river; but it sounds more sensible to say ‘on the bridge over the river’.
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Technically, the bridge is over the river and the picnic is being held on the bridge. By analysis, the picnic is above the river; but it sounds more sensible to say ‘on the bridge over the river’.
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