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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. BranShea #208268 12/09/12 11:01 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Good point, Branshe. What imprecise speakers like Noel Coward mean when they say "in the sun" is "into the sun" with the "to" implied. This is nonsense unless they include the rays and effects of sun as parts of its corporeal body. Everyone can walk beneath the real sun. No one I know can walk into the sun. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted I toiled under / in the scorching sun. Lionel Koh 12/01/12 07:39 PM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. Faldage 12/01/12 10:53 PM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. BranShea 12/05/12 10:42 AM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. Rhubarb Commando 12/06/12 11:49 PM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. BranShea 12/08/12 09:46 PM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. jenny jenny 12/09/12 11:01 PM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. Rhubarb Commando 12/09/12 11:46 PM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. Faldage 12/10/12 01:29 AM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. jenny jenny 12/10/12 05:08 AM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. BranShea 12/10/12 11:19 AM Re: I toiled under / in the scorching sun. Faldage 12/10/12 01:18 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,316 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 497 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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