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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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over against

The chair is over against the wall.

Q. Is It different from 'the chair is against the wall'? I don't get the meaning of over in the sentence.
  

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Anonymous Q. Is It different from 'the chair is against the wall'? Not much.

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  • Anonymous Q.
  • Is It different from 'the chair is against the wall'?
  • Not much.
  • Anonymous I don't get the meaning of over in the sentence.
  • 'Over' is an adverb expressing distance.
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AnonymousQ. Is It different from 'the chair is against the wall'?
Not much.
Anonymous I don't get the meaning of over in the sentence.
'Over' is an adverb expressing distance. In your original sentence, the wall is at some distance from the speaker.
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