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Raen Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

preposition after "lash out"

0is it "at" or "on"?02br
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00Here's a title of an article on AOL "Star lashes out 01b00at02b00 Walter". I have thought it was always "on", is "on" possible and grammatical? If yes, could someone give examples? Or has I always been wrong about it?02br
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00Thanks to anyon who would responds to my questions.02br
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0Only ever 'at', I'm afraid.02br
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01i00'I didn't mean to lash out at you - I was just having a bad day.'02i0-
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0Thank you Badegine. So I have been wrong.02br
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00It's never too late to correct the wrong. 05002br
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0Sorry, I have to come back to continue because a thought just came to me.02br
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00On the matter of the preposition "on", is it possible "on" could be used to refer to, not somebody, but a discussion, opinion or a topic ect. like one would "agree":02br
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00I agree 01b00with 02b00John.02br
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00I agree with
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0 Well, yes. 01i00on02i00 can be used in those cases, but then 01i00on02i00 can also be used for a variety of other adjuncts.02br
01i00She lashes out 01b00on02b00 Mondays.02i02br
00And so can many other prepositions, including 01i00at02i00 with an adjunct. 02br
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0You are right CJ, now that you mentioned the usage of other prepostitions. Of course all other prepositions are possible..............thank you for that, it seems that the answer had always been right under my nose.02br
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00I don't know why I was so caught up with "on", maybe it's not as easy to correct a wrong as I thought. 05000 Thanks again.02br
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