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Vincent Teo  +  550470 Sun, 03 Aug 08 10:49 PM
Can I say,

The butterfly is sucking honey from the nectar.

The butterfly is sucking the flower / nectar / nectar flower.

The butterfly is sucking the nectar in / of the flower.

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Mr Wordy  +  550511 Mon, 04 Aug 08 01:43 AM

The normal way of saying this would be "The butterfly is sucking nectar from the flower."
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Vincent Teo  +  550671 Mon, 04 Aug 08 01:10 PM
Can I say,

(a) The butterfly is sucking nectar of the flower.

(b) he butterfly is sucking on the nectar.

(c) he butterfly is sucking nectar in the flower.
Vincent Teo
Mr Wordy  +  550710 Mon, 04 Aug 08 02:17 PM

The butterfly is sucking nectar of the flower. -- wrong

The butterfly is sucking the nectar of the flower. -- possible

The butterfly is sucking on the nectar. -- possible

The butterfly is sucking nectar in the flower. -- possible, but means that the butterfly itself is "in" the flower (i.e. somehow inside it).

 
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