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Johnson13 Posted 13 years ago
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On the south
-From the Sierra Nevada to Nebraska, and from the Yellowstone River in the north to the Colorado upon the south, is a region of desolation and silence.
The red words are things of the same type, and so should NORTH and SOUTH be. What so mysterious a thing is it that drives the writer to display his variation of preposition even when referring to similar things?
The red words are things of the same type, and so should NORTH and SOUTH be. What so mysterious a thing is it that drives the writer to display his variation of preposition even when referring to similar things?
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Johnson13 What so mysterious a thing is it that drives the writer to display his variation of preposition even when referring to similar things? It's called 'writing style'.
- Johnson13 What so mysterious a thing is it that drives the writer to display his variation of preposition even when referring to similar things?
- It's called 'writing style'.
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Johnson13What so mysterious a thing is it that drives the writer to display his variation of preposition even when referring to similar things?It's called 'writing style'.
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Thank you, MM.
Are IN and ON in such cases both common and correct?
Are IN and ON in such cases both common and correct?
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Johnson13Are IN and ON in such cases both common and correct?Yes; 'upon' is rather literary.
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