#2 (permalink) Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:53 am difference between stop by and stop on? |
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Yolanda,
I'll try to clarify this for you:
stop by means to visit a person or place for a short time, usually when you are going somewhere else (e.g. I thought I might stop by on my way home as I haven't seen you for ages.). Phrasals stop in, stop off and stop at have similar meaning. stop down in the field of photography means: (on a camera) to reduce (the diaphragm opening of a lens). stop outmeans 1. to withdraw temporarily from school (e.g. Most of the students who stop out eventually return to get their degrees. and 2. British & Australian, informal: to stay out at night and not come home, especially when other people are expecting you to come home (e.g. If you're going to stop out will you let me know?)
I couldn't find stop on as a phrasal verb in any dictionary, but it can be found like this: First Stop on the Road to Empire - as a headline in a newspaper.
All these are from Cambridge Dictionaries Online and Dictionary.com
I hope to have helped you.
Snezana |
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