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Meantolearn Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Preposition 1
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00 every house 01 b 00 by 02 b 00 the street 02 br
00 every house 01 b 00 along 02 b 00 the street 02 br
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00 Please explain what the bold preposition means in each example above. 02 br
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00 every house 01 b 00 on 02 b 00 the street 02 br
00 every house 01 b 00 by 02 b 00 the street 02 br
00 every house 01 b 00 along 02 b 00 the street 02 br
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00 Please explain what the bold preposition means in each example above. 02 br
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0 Hi MTL, haven't seen you for a few days. How are you? 02 br 02 br 00 1,2 and 4 can all be used to talk about houses on a particular street.
- 0 Hi MTL, haven't seen you for a few days.
- How are you?
- 02 br 02 br 00 1,2 and 4 can all be used to talk about houses on a particular street.
- 3, which would mean "beside" in this sort of context.
- We might say "the house by the river", meaning that the house is near a river, but we don't use it with 'street'.
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0 Hi MTL, haven't seen you for a few days. How are you? 02 br
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00 1,2 and 4 can all be used to talk about houses on a particular street. We would not use no.3, which would mean "beside" in this sort of context. We might say "the house by the river", meaning that the house is near a river, but we don't use it with 'street'. 0-
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00 1,2 and 4 can all be used to talk about houses on a particular street. We would not use no.3, which would mean "beside" in this sort of context. We might say "the house by the river", meaning that the house is near a river, but we don't use it with 'street'. 0-
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0 Hi Abbie, 02 br
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00 I'm doing fine. How about you? 02 br
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00 Thanks for your prompt answers. As always, I appreciate your help very much. Your corrections are always welcome. I've read all your replies, but couldn't reply to them all due to a tight schedule. Hope you don't mind. 02 br
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00 Learning a language is not simple as le
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00 I'm doing fine. How about you? 02 br
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00 Thanks for your prompt answers. As always, I appreciate your help very much. Your corrections are always welcome. I've read all your replies, but couldn't reply to them all due to a tight schedule. Hope you don't mind. 02 br
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00 Learning a language is not simple as le
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0 Ah ha! MTL - a scientist! Now we've got problems 05 0 02 br
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00 Language has its rules and regulations, but it is not so precise a discipline as science. Sometimes there is just no logical explanation. 02 br
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00 As you say, somethings just don't sound right! Although we have lots of grammar rules etc in any language, there are some things which ca
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00 Language has its rules and regulations, but it is not so precise a discipline as science. Sometimes there is just no logical explanation. 02 br
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00 As you say, somethings just don't sound right! Although we have lots of grammar rules etc in any language, there are some things which ca
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