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Mfholic Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

within the city & within the city's walls

Is there any difference in meaning between these two expressions?
  

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Only that the second suggests the city is surrounded by a wall. Both refer to the same place: inside the border of a city.

— Inchoateknowledge

  • Only that the second suggests the city is surrounded by a wall.
  • Both refer to the same place: inside the border of a city.
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Only that the second suggests the city is surrounded by a wall.
Both refer to the same place: inside the border of a city.
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This sentence describes New York. Does NY have city walls of any kind?
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It hasn't for about 300 years.

Perhaps it was being used figuratively?
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