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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

under underneath or below

How would you write the sentence?
He was in the other room and could smell the food under/underneath/below the door.

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under

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Wouldn't "from under the door" be better?

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Henry74Wouldn't "from under the door" be better?H.
I considered that, but it makes heavy going of it. "Under" is fine, but "through" is better unless you have a good reason to call attention to the gap at the bottom of the door.
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