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Egyptian2007 Posted 18 years ago
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On the ground

1i00 02i00I'm not sure if the use of "on the ground" here is correct. Could somebody check it for me please?02br
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01i00We say something nice, yet the implementation 01font00on the ground02font00 is completely different.02i0-
  

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0I mean that what is being stated is different from what is being done in practice.0-
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0 I would not use the phrase 01i00on the ground 02i00in that case. But then I don't use the phrase at all unless it's literal: 01i00I accidentally dropped my wallet on the ground.02i00 Journalists have been using that expression in the past few years -- often, but not exclusively -- to mean 01i00on the battlefield02i00. 0
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0My take:02br
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00we say so many nice things, but at the end of the day everything remains on paper nothing materalised in reality0-
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