So, to take my example that even a 4 year old would understand, if I say "the cow is in the field", you'd think the cow was submerged under the surface of the field?

From ninja muslim women to Thai prositutes to walking on water...what an awesome thread

Can you point out which word in your example is a verb meaning to travel over the surface of? Thanks in advance.

So, to take my example that even a 4 year old would understand, if I say "the cow is walking in the field", you'd think the cow was walking submerged under the surface of the field?

Both terms are correct...walking in the street and walking on the street...end of story.

He said "Walking in my street". Singular and specific.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

+1 on the slightly correct use of term

He was walking on my street. He was walking in the street. She was walking in my yard wearing black so I freaked out and shot the bitch. She was on my grass.

Those are proper.

:1orglaugh ... Kind of a free form english language thread.

Huh? All you need to understand here is that he was talking about the area where he lives, which is relevant to his point; not the surface of the area where he lives, which is completely irrelevant.

Put it this way:

Do you think he meant, particularly given the context of the thread, about safety: "I rather have 10 muslims walking in the area that is my street than 1 idiot with a gun and knife".

Or do you think he meant: "I rather have 10 muslims walking on the surface that is my street than 1 idiot with a gun and knife"?

What possible relevance does the surface of the street have to his point?

Edit: I can't help laughing at the way threads go sometimes. :upsidedow

Lol this thread rocks

A field is not a street.

You walk IN a field, but you walk ON the ground. Would you say "The cow was walking in the ground"?

I didn't assume Frank meant his neighborhood or streetS. 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.

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.

Anyway I'm done arguing about it with you.

Baseball players are out on and the field in hopes to stop an infeld run. When they are out on the diamond the can be on a base unless they are in the batters box.

You can be on meds to not go insane (and shoot up muslim nijas)

Well done. You've finally come away from the thread with something right.

So a field is not a street, but the ground is a street? :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Would you ever consider understanding the concepts of surface and area?

Who mentioned streetS? 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.

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"?

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.

You have to be on meds to still be reading (let alone replying) in/on/to/at this thread. :winkwink:

Retarded OP, gun ownership, Muslims, and grammar. This thread delivers! :thumbsup

this gives IN so many ways

I think your friend was pointing out that certain accidents you can simply prevent....you can prevent the US from having 100's x more gun accidents than any other country by not giving them to every scared person, in best case by prohibiting them.
Of course you could not prevent shower accidents by not taking showers...World without showers would not be as nice as world without guns I think...but that is not the point.

Saying that "some people deserve to die"... who you are? Hitler?

Why your mad.

So did the OP find her and apologize to the ninja?

When I was growing up, only robbers thieves and other scumbags carried guns.

so you want to ban muslims from walking in the street or on the street ?

I think it's time to discuss walking through an intersection.