Comments on: Prepositions: “Dull Little Words” or Unsung Linguistic Heroes? http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tolkien fan http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/comment-page-1/#comment-45763 Tolkien fan Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:55:04 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/#comment-45763 I moved from Spain to USA 10 years ago, and for a first time I experienced big problems with these prepositions. I moved from Spain to USA 10 years ago, and for a first time I experienced big problems with these prepositions.

]]> By: The Salt-Box :: Prepositions http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/comment-page-1/#comment-38049 The Salt-Box :: Prepositions Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:43:56 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/#comment-38049 [...] the Kenyon Review blog, here’s a post at the Oxford UP blog about prepositions, which defends the honor of these little words and points to a new website, The [...] [...] the Kenyon Review blog, here’s a post at the Oxford UP blog about prepositions, which defends the honor of these little words and points to a new website, The [...]

]]> By: KR Blog » Blog Archive » Short Takes http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/comment-page-1/#comment-37609 KR Blog » Blog Archive » Short Takes Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:39:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/#comment-37609 [...] Prepositions are worthy! Prepositions are worthy! [...] [...] Prepositions are worthy! Prepositions are worthy! [...]

]]> By: The Ridger http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/comment-page-1/#comment-36995 The Ridger Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:34:17 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/#comment-36995 Sorry, but it was a history of Australia, and what the kid said was: What did you bring that book that I don’t like to be read to out of about Down Under up for? Sorry, but it was a history of Australia, and what the kid said was:

What did you bring that book that I don’t like to be read to out of about Down Under up for?

]]> By: Ben Zimmer http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/comment-page-1/#comment-36410 Ben Zimmer Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:10:09 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/#comment-36410 John: <a href="http://www.clres.com/cgi-bin/onlineTPP/print_entry.cgi?id=000001614&match_point=1&lemma=from&right_column_mode=labels&caption_style=short" rel="nofollow"><i>abaft</i></a> is right at the top of the list! John: abaft is right at the top of the list!

]]> By: Jon http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/comment-page-1/#comment-36328 Jon Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:28:41 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/#comment-36328 Every night a father would read to his son before tucking him into bed. Frequently the father would read from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings," as it was his favorite book when he was a child, but the son, perhaps disillusioned with fantasy or uninterested in Tolkien's provocative and detailed imagination, disliked the book. One night, while the father and son were discussing which book to read, the father suggested, "Lord of the Rings." The son, young and necessarily unfamiliar with the rules of prepositions, replied, "Why did you bring that book that I don't like to be read to out of up for?" Every night a father would read to his son before tucking him into bed. Frequently the father would read from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings,” as it was his favorite book when he was a child, but the son, perhaps disillusioned with fantasy or uninterested in Tolkien’s provocative and detailed imagination, disliked the book.

One night, while the father and son were discussing which book to read, the father suggested, “Lord of the Rings.”

The son, young and necessarily unfamiliar with the rules of prepositions, replied, “Why did you bring that book that I don’t like to be read to out of up for?”

]]> By: John Cowan http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/comment-page-1/#comment-36309 John Cowan Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:06:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/#comment-36309 What, no entry for ABAFT? Huh. What, no entry for ABAFT? Huh.

]]> By: Jay Wootten http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/comment-page-1/#comment-36296 Jay Wootten Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:48:40 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/prepositions/#comment-36296 I'm excited about this project. My collegues and I are frequently puzzled by some native speakers who can't seem to understand that prepositions matter in their writing. Some students (usually ones that are poor readers) seem to think many prepositions are interchangeable. I’m excited about this project. My collegues and I are frequently puzzled by some native speakers who can’t seem to understand that prepositions matter in their writing. Some students (usually ones that are poor readers) seem to think many prepositions are interchangeable.

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