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sejpdw
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject: in |
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"The smoke from the chimney floated up in a fog."
Q : In this sentence "in" is similar to "into" or "like"? |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: Re: in |
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| sejpdw wrote: |
"The smoke from the chimney floated up in a fog."
Q : In this sentence "in" is similar to "into" or "like"? |
"like"
floated up into a fog means that it floated up and became a fog.
floated up in a fog or like a fog means it was already as a fog as it went up.
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