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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
- 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 šteg..."