Re: preposition

On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 14:07:50 +1100 Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
writes:
> Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > Tristan McLeay wrote:
> >
> >>> What store did you buy that at?
> >>
> >> You'd say that? I would've said 'Where did you buy that?' (or
> 'Where ja
> >> buy that?')
> >
> >
> > I'd most likely say "Where'dja buy that?" if it were merely
> curiosity,
> > but if it were something really bad, I might say "What store did
> you buy
> > THAT at?"
>
> Well, I guess in that case, I would say 'What (or maybe which) store
> did
> you buy that from?', but certainly not at.
>
I'd say "at": We buy things from people (not from places), and
we buy things at places (not at people), and a store is a place.

-- Tommie