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Oceanbluesky Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

On the side

Hmmm, so we can't say "on the side" and only "from the side"? I thought it was ok, because of the sentence:


Just before the performance, the soprano said she was standing on the side of the stage.

  

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oceanbluesky Hmmm, so we can't say "on the side" and only "from the side"? The idea of one person staring at another "on the side" seems odd and hard to understand. oceanbluesky Just before the performance, the soprano said she was standing on the side of the stage.

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  • oceanbluesky Hmmm, so we can't say "on the side" and only "from the side"?
  • The idea of one person staring at another "on the side" seems odd and hard to understand.
  • oceanbluesky Just before the performance, the soprano said she was standing on the side of the stage.
  • "standing on the side of the stage" is OK (though I would probably use "at" rather than "on") because we expect "standing" to be followed by a phrase telling us where the standing person is located ("standing at the front", "standing in the shadows", etc.
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oceanblueskyHmmm, so we can't say "on the side" and only "from the side"?

The idea of one person staring at another "on the side" seems odd and hard to understand.

oceanblueskyJust before the performance, the soprano said she was standing on the side of the stage.

"standing on the side of the stage" is OK (though I

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