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Re: Cases and Prepositions (amongst others)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 7, 2000, 14:21
Nik Taylor wrote:

> I've often wondered, how do New Yorkers distinguish between being > "online" and being "on line"?
Context is all. /A(R)juAnlaIn/ with rising pitch means one thing if you are standing in a lobby, and another thing if you are sitting before a computer. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)