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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

worked up/excited

0I've even seen Taiwanese people get so 01b00worked up02b00 that they jump down onto the baseball field! 01b00Attending 02b00an American baseball game is boring01b00 by comparison02b00.02br
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00... excited ... Going to ... in contrast.02br
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00Hi,02br
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00Do both of the above amount to each other? Thanks.0-
  

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0Yes. (check, check, and check)0-

— Avangi

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0Yes. (check, check, and check)0-
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0I would say check, check, and no.02br
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00The "in contrast" can't be dropped in for "by comparison" just as-is -- at least, not for me.0-
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0Thanks, Avangi and GG.02br
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00If "in contrast" and "by comparison" are not interchangeable, what are their differences? 0-
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0Maybe this is just personal preference, but here's how I see it.02br
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00Brenda is a very quiet child. Her sister in quite loud by comparison. 02br
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00-- In this case, her sister may not be that loud at all, but only when compared against Brenda does she seem loud.02br
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00Brenda is a very quiet child, in contrast to her loud
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0Sorry for interrupting your post again. Another quick question. I remember we once discussed about prepositions following the word jump and as far as I can recall, learners were advised to use directionless prepositions like on, in - jump on the roof, jump in the pool and not jump onto the roof or jump into the pool. Please correct me if I'm wrong.02br
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00So, similarly i
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10learners were advised to use directionless prepositions like on, in - jump on the roof, jump in the pool and not jump onto the roof or jump into the pool. 12br
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10So, similarly in your example, it would be 'jump on the baseball field'12br
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10Hi N2g,12br
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10"Jumping on the baseball field" makes me think of the manager involved in a heated debate with the umpire, and jumping up and down somewhere between home plate and the mound. 12br
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10Yup, yup! Couldn't agree more.0-
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0On second thought, "jumping in the pool" could convey the same thing as "jumping into the pool," but I doubt we would be 01u00diving02u00 in the pool.02br
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00It would be good if N2g could remember the source of the advice he described.0-
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