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luciaC
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 Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject: Questions |
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1. Retirement age may soon be 85 for university majors. What does university major here mean?
2. Do you say get in the truck and get out of the truck? get on the boat/get off the boat? get in the van/get out of the van? get on the horse/get off the horse?
3. Are there any differences between keep talking and keep on talking?
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pavilion
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: Questions |
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| luciaC wrote: |
| 1. Retirement age may soon be 85 for university majors. What does university major here mean? |
Someone with a degree from a university, I'd guess.
| luciaC wrote: |
| 2. Do you say get in the truck and get out of the truck? get on the boat/get off the boat? get in the van/get out of the van? get on the horse/get off the horse? |
Yep. Although, you can say "get in the boat", too.
| luciaC wrote: |
| 3. Are there any differences between keep talking and keep on talking? |
Nope. |
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redset
Joined: 18 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: Questions |
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| luciaC wrote: |
| 2. Do you say get in the truck and get out of the truck? get on the boat/get off the boat? get in the van/get out of the van? get on the horse/get off the horse? |
'On' really means 'on top of', and 'in' means 'inside', so if you got 'on' a van you'd be on the roof! And you can't really get inside a horse  . Like pavilion said, you can get in or on a boat (you'd use 'in' for small boats, and 'on' for larger boats which have decks). |
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