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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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straw on the inside

0Beds also became higher and higher. Queen Victoria slept on a bed with seven mattresses on top of each other ... Mattresses ususally had straw01b00 on the inside02b00.02br
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00Is it the same to say "in the interior" instead of "on the inside" in the above?02br
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00By the way, why not "in the inside" but "on the inside?" Isn't "in the inside" more sensible? Thanks. 0-
  

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0Both are actually quite awkward constructions. )0-

  • 0Both are actually quite awkward constructions.
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0Both are actually quite awkward constructions. I'd change to: "filled with straw." (Mattresses were usually filled with straw.)0-

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