Re: Accusative, Dative, ?
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 27, 1999, 20:22 |
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Joshua Shinavier wrote:
> you can live BY something,
> etc. etc. and the particular preposition used to indicate these objects is
> somewhat arbitrary -- I doubt changing the above "UNDER" to "BY" would alter
> the meaning of the phrase at all
True, but changing that BY to UNDER does change the meaning. Living
under water is different than living by water. But I imagine that if
necessary, you could clarify the meaning?
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