Re: Cases and Prepositions (amongst others)
From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, June 7, 2000, 17:03 |
On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 00:47:36 -0400 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
> I've often wondered, how do New Yorkers distinguish between being
> "online" and being "on line"?
> --
> AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor
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I'm not sure exactly, there does seem to be some ambiguity there, but my
instinct is that we contrast "to be online" with "to be waiting on line".
-Stephen (Steg)
"nein, dos iz nit der teg..."