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Posted By:
Lionel Koh
He picked the leaves from / on the ground.
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07/16/13
05:28 AM
He picked the leaves from / on the ground.
Which preposition should I use? Or is either wrong?
Thanks.
Posted By:
Faldage
Re: He picked the leaves from / on the ground.
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07/16/13
10:33 AM
"From" would work better to indicate that you were moving the leaves to some other place. If you just say "on" you would probably be leaving them there, and you had just chosen the leaves for some unstated purpose.
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