By Prepositions

Re: At/on the other side (aka Yet Another Tiny Question)

There's something wrong here. First if you say side of the tunnel you are refering to left and right. In this case the preposition would be "on". i.e. "on the other side". You would use the preposition "at" for the ends of the tunnel, i.e. "at the end of...

Re: corrections

«If you hadn't stopped at the grocery store, we wouldn't have missed our flight and would be in Italy now (my preference - 2nd conditional), would have arrived in Italy now( 3rd) , would have been in Italy (3rd I guess but somehow lacking something :) )» All correct except the last...

Re: corrections

Thanks Ant for your reply. I get it now. REgarding the last point, I would have been in the hospital is, I think, a third conditional For example, If you hadn't stopped at the grocery store, we wouldn't have missed our flight and would be in Italy now (my preference - 2nd conditional),...

Re: preposition after "lash out"

You are right CJ, now that you mentioned the usage of other prepostitions. Of course all other prepositions are possible..thank you for that, it seems that the answer had always been right under my nose. I don't know why I was so caught up with "on", maybe it's not as easy to...

Re: preposition after "lash out"

Well, yes. on can be used in those cases, but then on can also be used for a variety of other adjuncts.She lashes out on Mondays.And so can many other prepositions, including at with an adjunct. She lashes out in anger.She lashes out for many reasons.She lashes out with glee.She lashes out at...

Re: preposition after "lash out"

Sorry, I have to come back to continue because a thought just came to me. On the matter of the preposition "on", is it possible "on" could be used to refer to, not somebody, but a discussion, opinion or a topic ect. like one would "agree": I agree with John. I...

Re: preposition after "lash out"

Only ever 'at', I'm afraid. Example: 'I didn't mean to lash out at you - I was just having a bad day.'

preposition after "lash out"

is it "at" or "on"? Here's a title of an article on AOL "Star lashes out at Walter". I have thought it was always "on", is "on" possible and grammatical? If yes, could someone give examples? Or has I always been wrong about it? Thanks to...

Re: far

Thanks. Now that I'm clear with the preposition usage, a new problem arises. Actually, I have been having this problem. How do you count mountain? In other words, when to use the plural or singular? Based on the number of peaks?

Re: far

The normal preposition is 'on a mountain' rather than 'in'. Thanks Clive. I think the reason you suggest 'on' is that the sentence says James is visible. If you can't see the person, which preposition would you use? Where's Jack? He's the mountain...