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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:09 am Post subject: admitted |
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We went up a wide pebbly path, splashing wet and were admitted at a door.
what does "was admitted at a door" mean? Can you paraphrase it?
Can I say "was admitted into a door" instead?
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: admitted |
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| jasonlulu_2000 wrote: |
We went up a wide pebbly path, splashing wet and were admitted at a door.
what does "was admitted at a door" mean? Can you paraphrase it? |
Admitted = permitted to enter, allowed in
We went up a wide pebbly path, splashing wet and were permitted to enter at a door.
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| Can I say "was admitted into a door" instead? |
No, but you can say: admitted through the door.
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Christine123
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| I would like to add my two cents to what Bob S. wrote. Though it is correct to say "were admitted through the door," I also feel it would be correct to say "were admitted into a door," because it would be correct to say "were admitted into the door." Using the preposition "into" makes sense here, so I think it is a question of picking an article to go with the noun "door." Since (as far as we know) the reader/listener has not be introduced to the fact that there is a door at the end of the pebbly path, it would be appropriate to use the indefinite article "a." |
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jasonlulu_2000
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: thanks to both of u |
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| Thank both of you. |
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