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Consider the following sentence:
"He SAT under the most influential teacher in his field."
In this context, does 'sat' refer to its literal meaning (or to the act of being sat down)
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Your sentence doesn't make sense. We don't use sat that way. " Clive
- Your sentence doesn't make sense.
- We don't use sat that way.
- " Clive
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Your sentence doesn't make sense. We don't use sat that way.
I think the writer means
"He studied SAT under the most influential teacher in his field."
Clive
0That rang a bell dimly, so I looked it up in the OED. "Sit" can indeed be used that way (not that I have ever used it or heard it). The OED defines it without comment as "to sit under To listen to, be a hearer of, attend the church of (a minister or preacher). Also, to listen to (a teacher), to be the pupil of." The last actual citation is from 1899, and the ones from 18
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