John Cowan wrote:
> 0a) I set the flagpole on its base.
> 0b) I set the flag to "true".
I don't understand what this is supposed to prove.
> 1a) The flagpole stood on the top of the mountain.
> 1b) The cottage stood at the foot of the mountain.
> 1c) The flagpoles stood on the tops of the mountains.
> 1d) ?The cottages stood at the feet of the mountains.
That's probably what I'd say. It sounds funny, but "foots of the
mountains" is even stranger sounding. If it referred to a mountain
range, I'd probably just the "the foot of the mountains"
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