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Widen Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
View Over
If this phrase is written:
"a view over the garden"
Two similar definitions from some /tinymce347/%20http:/www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/over seem to work well:
-definition 1: above someone/something
-definition 3: from one side of something to the other
So, would the phrase mean A) a view that is physically above the garden or B) a view stretching from one side of the garden to the other side of the garden?
"a view over the garden"
Two similar definitions from some /tinymce347/%20http:/www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/over seem to work well:
-definition 1: above someone/something
-definition 3: from one side of something to the other
So, would the phrase mean A) a view that is physically above the garden or B) a view stretching from one side of the garden to the other side of the garden?
Top answer
By default I would understand that to mean a view across the garden afforded because one was in an elevated position.
- By default I would understand that to mean a view across the garden afforded because one was in an elevated position.
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By default I would understand that to mean a view across the garden afforded because one was in an elevated position.
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So, it's a hybrid combination of "from one side to the other" and "physically above"?
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I suppose you could say that — though of course in actual use one wouldn't consciously think of it as being a combination of two other meanings.
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