IN the basket, OUT of the basket

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Re: into the basket #127357 04/15/2004 10:04 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland hibernicus journeyman
hibernicus journeyman Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland	It's not just for motion though. Consider the following pair: The widgerygrommet is in the basket *The widgerygrommet is out the basket It seems "in" can indicate either motion or static condition, but "out" can only indicate motion (except in a usage like "he is out (=not at home)") I think there's a dialect difference for some prepositions - for me "off" is like "in" - "I lifted the coat off the floor" - where for (some?) Americans "off" is like "out" - "I lifted the coat off of (offa') the floor". In Latin and German "in" and "out" can be used in either motion or static meanings, and you have to use different noun cases to show which it is. We learned it as "dumpy dative, active accusative".

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IN the basket, OUT of the basket	Faldage	04/14/2004 10:45 AM
Re: into the basket	AnnaStrophic	04/14/2004 11:37 AM
Re: into the basket	hibernicus	04/15/2004 10:04 AM
Re: into the basket	RhubarbCommando	04/15/2004 2:18 PM
Re: into the basket	wsieber	04/20/2004 5:07 AM
Re: into the basket	jheem	04/20/2004 1:46 PM
Re: into the basket	Faldage	04/20/2004 1:55 PM
Re: into the basket	jheem	04/20/2004 2:37 PM
Re: into the basket	maverick	04/20/2004 2:10 PM
Re: into the basket	jheem	04/20/2004 2:22 PM
Re: into the basket	Faldage	04/20/2004 2:39 PM
Re: into the basket	maverick	04/20/2004 2:51 PM
Re: into the basket	Faldage	04/20/2004 3:04 PM
Re: into the basket	jheem	04/20/2004 3:10 PM
Re: into the basket	jheem	04/20/2004 3:01 PM
Re: into the basket	Faldage	04/20/2004 3:07 PM
Re: into the basket	jheem	04/20/2004 3:13 PM
Into the out basket	musick	04/20/2004 3:17 PM
Re: Into the out basket	jheem	04/20/2004 3:23 PM
Re: into the basket	Faldage	04/20/2004 3:27 PM
Re: into the basket	jheem	04/20/2004 3:48 PM
Re: into the basket	musick	04/20/2004 3:46 PM
Re: into the basket	jheem	04/20/2004 3:52 PM
Re: into the basket	Faldage	04/20/2004 4:21 PM
Re: into the basket	musick	04/20/2004 4:38 PM
Re: into the basket	jheem	04/21/2004 4:47 AM
Re: into the basket	Jomama	04/27/2004 1:12 PM
Re: into the basket	Buffalo Shrdlu	04/27/2004 2:07 PM
Re: into the basket	belMarduk	04/27/2004 11:20 PM
Re: into the basket	Bingley	04/28/2004 4:12 AM
Re: into the basket	Faldage	04/28/2004 11:00 AM
Re: into the basket	RhubarbCommando	04/28/2004 11:11 AM
Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket	inselpeter	04/19/2004 2:53 AM
Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket	jheem	04/19/2004 12:18 PM
Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket	AnnaStrophic	04/19/2004 12:40 PM
Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket	jheem	04/19/2004 12:49 PM
Re: IN the basket, OUT of the basket	Faldage	04/19/2004 6:53 PM

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