Re: Accusative, Dative, ?

Nik Taylor 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
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> 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?
Only if you regard BY and UNDER as true prepositions, though -- I was
indicating that the UNDER in "to study under" really has nothing to do with
the preposition itself.  "Studying under the water" is a whole different
thing than "studying under a professor".  Not only does the UNDER serve in
two entirely different ways, but in the latter case you might even learn
something, while in the former you just get wet ;)

Josh

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