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Originally Posted by WarChild
A field is not a street.
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Well done. You've finally come away from the thread with
something right.
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You walk IN a field, but you walk ON the ground.
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So a field is not a street, but the ground
is a street?
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Would you say "The cow was walking in the ground"?
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Would you ever consider understanding the concepts of
surface and
area?
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Originally Posted by WarChild
I didn't assume Frank meant his neighborhood or streetS.
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Who mentioned street
S? I quoted what he said in the post you replied to, when asking you to point out which you thought was correct. A request you naturally ignored, because you can't admit your mistake.
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I assume he meant the specific street he was on. Much like the original poster is talking about the specific path he was walking on.
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It makes absolutely no difference. You seriously can't grasp that a
single "specific" street constitutes an area of public space?
Really? Take a look out of your window. See a street? Is it an area of public space, confined within some kind of 'borders', that you can be (with)"in", or just a surface that you can be "on"?
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I do know, having had Dutch guys live with me for over a year, that they often mixed up words like in and on. The same way I mess adverbs up in Spanish. So speaking from experience, and knowing that Frank is pretty damned good in English, I think he meant a specific street and not neighborhood.
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WTF are you droning on about "neighborhood" for? Because you imagine it's a way out of the hole you've dug? I'll make it easier: by neighborhood I meant immediate neighbors. Ie,
a single street. That better?
It doesn't change the fact that you are wrong. And if you're 'telling Dutch people how to speak English', you should seriously think again, because you are not obviously qualified to do so.