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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
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'... won the war over ...'

0 If you say 'the Americans won the war over England two hundred years ago', do you mean that the Americans won and the English lost, or you mean the Americans won the war and occupied England? Thank you.02br
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02br 02br 00I don't know that 'over' would be the best preposition to use, though. 0-

— Yankee

  • 02br 02br 00I don't know that 'over' would be the best preposition to use, though.
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0I would interpret it to mean that the Americans won and England lost.02br
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00I don't know that 'over' would be the best preposition to use, though. Usually, a war is 'over a particular issue' and 'against a particular country'.0-
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0 01i00 'the Americans won the war over England two hundred years ago'02br
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00 It could 01b00also02b00 mean:02br
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01i00 'the Americans won the war 01b00with France02b00 over England two hundred years ago'02i02br

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0 Thanks for your replies, Marius Hancu and Yankee.02br
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00So if I say 'The Americans won the war with France over England two hundred years ago', then I would mean the Americans and France 01font00(should I say 'the French' instead?) 00won the war and occupied England, right? Whereas if I say 'The Americans won the war with France(01f
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