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Johnson13 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
On Dartmoor
(UK dictionary)
-Dartmoor ponies are small, dark brown horses with long hair that live wild on Dartmoor.
(American writer)
-It is a substitute for the adrenaline rush of hansomcab chases through Soho and midnight stakeouts in Dartmoor.
Q:For DARTMOOR, am I correct in saying that UK English uses ON and UK, IN; or ON and IN are interchangeable in the two Englishes in this case?
-Dartmoor ponies are small, dark brown horses with long hair that live wild on Dartmoor.
(American writer)
-It is a substitute for the adrenaline rush of hansomcab chases through Soho and midnight stakeouts in Dartmoor.
Q:For DARTMOOR, am I correct in saying that UK English uses ON and UK, IN; or ON and IN are interchangeable in the two Englishes in this case?
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BE speakers only say ' on Dartmoor'. Our American friends can answer for themselves when they get up later, but as Dartmoor is an area of moorland, it will greatly surprise me if any of them tell us they say 'in Dartmoor'. Rover
- BE speakers only say ' on Dartmoor'.
- Our American friends can answer for themselves when they get up later, but as Dartmoor is an area of moorland, it will greatly surprise me if any of them tell us they say 'in Dartmoor'.
- Rover
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BE speakers only say 'on Dartmoor'.
Our American friends can answer for themselves when they get up later, but as Dartmoor is an area of moorland, it will greatly surprise me if any of them tell us they say 'in Dartmoor'.
Rover
Our American friends can answer for themselves when they get up later, but as Dartmoor is an area of moorland, it will greatly surprise me if any of them tell us they say 'in Dartmoor'.
Rover
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Rover_KEBE speakers only say 'on Dartmoor'. Our American friends can answer for themselves when they get up later, but as Dartmoor is an area of moorland, it will greatly surprise me if any of them tell us they say 'in Dartmoor'.RoverIt never comes up, to tell you the truth, but if it did, I would say "on Dartmoor". But I know what Dartmoor is. I can't accoun
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Thank you.
-I am like to spend the other half digging drains at Dartmoor.
1. In this case, what's the difference between using AT and ON?
2. Is AT more unspecific?
-I am like to spend the other half digging drains at Dartmoor.
1. In this case, what's the difference between using AT and ON?
2. Is AT more unspecific?
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Thank you, enoon.
For 'Dartmoor Prison', are AT and IN equally possible and identical in meaning?
For 'Dartmoor Prison', are AT and IN equally possible and identical in meaning?
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Johnson13Thank you, enoon.For 'Dartmoor Prison', are AT and IN equally possible and identical in meaning?No. To dig drains in Dartmoor Prison would be to do it inside the prison walls. To do it at Dartmoor means to do it while a prisoner there, probably nearby.
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I got so distracted by the image of hair living wild that I forgot the question.
Americans, like our Britsh friends, use "in" for cities. A great many American place names here are originally found in the UK. I don't know of a city or town called Dartmoor, but it is one possible explanation for this discrepancy.
Americans, like our Britsh friends, use "in" for cities. A great many American place names here are originally found in the UK. I don't know of a city or town called Dartmoor, but it is one possible explanation for this discrepancy.
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Thank you enoon and B.
Americans, like our Britsh friends, use "in" for cities.
But if a native UK English speaker says AT LONDON, AT LIVERPOOL, etc. does it convey a lower level of definiteness than IN?
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Johnson13 Americans, like our Britsh friends, use "in" for cities. Thank you enoon and B.But if a native UK English speaker says AT LONDON, AT LIVERPOOL, etc. does it convey a lower level of definiteness than IN?We are both Americans, I do believe, but I don't think the use of "at" in cases like this one is different between the two countries. You can only be
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Thank you, enoon.
In fact, I'm rather unwilling to give examples from English writers, because it'd seem to be challeging native speakers - of course I will and shall never doubt your answers! given so many of your brilliant and excellent answers.
Your reply has just startled me - in my chain of memories of your answers, you once mentioned the name of the writer who created that
In fact, I'm rather unwilling to give examples from English writers, because it'd seem to be challeging native speakers - of course I will and shall never doubt your answers! given so many of your brilliant and excellent answers.
Your reply has just startled me - in my chain of memories of your answers, you once mentioned the name of the writer who created that
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