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Zelena Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Verb "set"
Dear Native and Near Native Speakers,
Could you help me in the following:
"A cold wind blows from the River Cauvery and stirs up the edges of the tent, set ON/UP/IN a clearing in the forest"
Which is the right preposition here? (I'd choose ON but the testbook key says IN).
Thank you very much.
Could you help me in the following:
"A cold wind blows from the River Cauvery and stirs up the edges of the tent, set ON/UP/IN a clearing in the forest"
Which is the right preposition here? (I'd choose ON but the testbook key says IN).
Thank you very much.
Top answer
"... ") I would actually write it as "set up in a clearing" because we say that a tent is "set up" (or "pitched" - "to pitch a tent"). Unfortunately some test books don't always share my opinions
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- ") I would actually write it as "set up in a clearing" because we say that a tent is "set up" (or "pitched" - "to pitch a tent").
- Unfortunately some test books don't always share my opinions
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"... set in a clearing."
In this case, "in" is the same was "within" ("set within a clearing.")
I would actually write it as "set up ina clearing" because we say that a tent is "set up" (or "pitched" - "to pitch a tent"). Unfortunately some test books don't always share my opinions
In this case, "in" is the same was "within" ("set within a clearing.")
I would actually write it as "set up ina clearing" because we say that a tent is "set up" (or "pitched" - "to pitch a tent"). Unfortunately some test books don't always share my opinions
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