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welkins2139
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 Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:55 am Post subject: at/on |
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LATE on a summer afternoon not long ago, the water at Lucy Vincent Beach on Martha�s Vineyard was warm.
Can I change "at " into "on" and "on " into "in"?
If not,why?
LATE on a summer afternoon not long ago, the water on Lucy Vincent Beach in Martha�s Vineyard was warm.
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asterix
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| Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:51 am Post subject: |
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No you can't.
The water at the beach was not on the beach. To be on the beach it would have to be out of the water, next to all the pretty girls and the Kennedy family.
If the water were on the beach it would not be a beach.
Martha's Vineyard is an island. For some reason we say, on when talking about islands. |
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