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secjill
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 Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: a preposition question |
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Hi teachers
there is a preposition question that has been confusing me for a long time, you might think it's a stupid one 
in this sentence
"pls set up the fixture in/on the machine", which prep. is more suitable, in or on, or others?
of course the fixture is not a part of the machine, when it produces a different product,a different fixture should be used.
thank you!
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buddhaheart
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"pls set up the fixture in/on the machine. on
No, not at all. Prepositions like �in�, �on�, into�,onto�, �at� & others seem to confuse us all hell of a lot! |
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secjill
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Hi buddhaheart
thank you for your kind reply, but i'm a little bit confused, so just wanna make it clear, you mean here we have to choose "on", right? then what do you further mean by "no, not at all"? |
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buddhaheart
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there is a preposition question that has been confusing me for a long time, you might think it's a
stupid one in this sentence |
My "No, not at all. ..." is only to respond to quote above.
Yes, choose �on�. |
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secjill
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| got it, thank you so much |
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