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* however, there is a logic to prepositions and prepositional phrases that students of English can learn | * however, there is a logic to prepositions and prepositional phrases that students of English can learn | ||
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** ''She arrived '''on''' time'' says something very different from ''She arrived '''in''' time'' | **''She arrived '''on''' time'' says something very different from ''She arrived '''in''' time'' | ||
*** '''''on time''''' indicates she arrived at the scheduled or expected time | *** '''''on time''''' indicates she arrived at the scheduled or expected time | ||
*** '''''in time''''' indicates she arrived before it was too late, likely that she arrived just before the event started | *** '''''in time''''' indicates she arrived before it was too late, likely that she arrived just before the event started | ||
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*** '''in''' indicates the dish is inside the cage | *** '''in''' indicates the dish is inside the cage | ||
*** '''''on the inside of''''' indicates the dish is attached to an inside wall of the cage | *** '''''on the inside of''''' indicates the dish is attached to an inside wall of the cage | ||
** ''The meeting was rescheduled '''from''' Tuesday'' v. ''The meeting was rescheduled '''for''' Tuesday'' | |||
*** '''''from''''' indicates that the original time was Tuesday | |||
*** '''''for''''' indicates that the meeting was changed to Tuesday | |||