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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Preposition
Do we fish in a river or beside the river?
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You fish in the river if you want to emphasise the location of your hook. You fish beside the river if you want to emphasise the location of your buttocks. All the best, MrP
- You fish in the river if you want to emphasise the location of your hook.
- You fish beside the river if you want to emphasise the location of your buttocks.
- All the best, MrP
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You fish in the river if you want to emphasise the location of your hook.
You fish beside the river if you want to emphasise the location of your buttocks.
All the best,
MrP
You fish beside the river if you want to emphasise the location of your buttocks.
All the best,
MrP
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MrPedanticYou fish in the river if you want to emphasise the location of your hook.
You fish beside the river if you want to emphasise the location of your buttocks.
All the best,
MrP
How about with "we fish on the river"? And if wearing waders and standing in the river, which preposition would one use?
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For the benefit of any genuine ESL students who may be eager to learn new piscatorial prepositions:
1. We fish on the river.
"On the river" would usually imply that you were fishing from a water-going vessel of some kind.
2. We fish ? the river while wearing waders.
"In" would be a satisfactory preposition here.
You could also dispense with a preposit
1. We fish on the river.
"On the river" would usually imply that you were fishing from a water-going vessel of some kind.
2. We fish ? the river while wearing waders.
"In" would be a satisfactory preposition here.
You could also dispense with a preposit
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<the angling participle>
That's quite witty, old chap.
Keep it up.
MrP
That's quite witty, old chap.
Keep it up.
MrP
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