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Re: USAGE: Internetese deviancy - the definite article

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 28, 2004, 19:27
David Barrow wrote:
> Michael Potter wrote: > >> "in the" is what I would use for someone inside the specific >> school/church/whatever building, while I was outside that building, but >> near it. "at the" would, conversely, mean that you were inside, but I >> was at home. > > If you are at home, how do you know the person is inside and not at the > entrance > or in the garden?
You don't. Precision is what "inside the" and "near the" are for.