![]() ![]() But a letter to you, a run by McDonald's, a messenger from God, a class on statistics, a book about London, a cup of tea, a spoon of silver, an argument over dinner, an argument over where to go for dinner, going for dinner, shedding light on the subject, you can be sure that all these prepositions vary in every language you study.Įxcept Swedish. Sure, the basics are pretty reliable when applied to physical relations—over/under, above/below, ahead/behind, before/after, up/down, left/right and so on. ALL languages vary widely in their use of prepositions. You may be right that Spanish has fewer prepositions, but I don't know that I would lean too heavily on that in my explanation. ![]() ![]() Saramspinks, don't forget that "por" also means "by" as in "written by". Agreed, "wait on" is more impatient—not necessarily that he's making me wait just for the fun of it, but at least that he should have been here by now. ![]()
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