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Zuotengdazuo Posted 8 years ago
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On the ground?
“Battle,” said Ser Barristan. “Meereen is overcrowded and full of hungry mouths, and you have too many enemies within. We cannot long withstand a siege, I fear. Let me meet the foe as he comes north, on ground of my own choosing.”
(A Dance with Dragons, novel)
Hi. I know underlined part means at a location that I get to choose and “ground” is used uncountable here, but why it doesn’t make sense to say “on the ground of my own choosing”?
Thank you.
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on the ground of my own choosing sounds to me like the speaker has already chosen a specific place
- on the ground of my own choosing sounds to me like the speaker has already chosen a specific place
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on the ground of my own choosing sounds to me like the speaker has already chosen a specific place
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