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| #3 (permalink) Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:16 am In the car |
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The speaker and Barbara are inside a house or other building.
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:10 am In the car |
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Hi,
Your question is about in the car. This simply means that they are sitting in the car. Possibly you are thinking of other types of transport like on the bus/on the ship/on the plane. In is used here for smaller methods of transport such as cars/taxis.
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Jun 17, 2007 14:05 pm Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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Hi,
Can I say "waiting for you around in the car" to express the person who is in the car is not far away? |
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:14 am Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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nope
you can be weither in the car or around the car |
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| #7 (permalink) Sun Jun 24, 2007 13:47 pm Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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thanks,
btw, i like Butters too. hehe |
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| #8 (permalink) Sun Jun 24, 2007 16:07 pm Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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Who or what is "Butters"? :lol:
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In the sentence, someone is speaking to Barbara. Barbara and the speaker are in a house or other building (as MM noted). Barbara's boyfriend is not in the house or building. He is outside the building. He is sitting in his car, probably waiting for Barbara to come out of the house and get in the car with him. :D
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| #9 (permalink) Sun Jun 24, 2007 18:22 pm Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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Who or what is "Butters"? :lol:
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Hi, Amy
Butters is a funny little kid who happens to be depicted on my avatar
BTW, Is it correct to say "He is around the car" ? |
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| #10 (permalink) Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:04 am Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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hi guys,
what about "He is waiting for you around, in the car."? |
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| #11 (permalink) Mon Jun 25, 2007 17:44 pm Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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| lost_soul wrote: |
| Butters is a funny little kid who happens to be depicted on my avatar |
Thanks for the tip. :D
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| BTW, Is it correct to say "He is around the car" ? |
It's not the most typical sentence in the world, but I guess you could use it to mean that he is somewhere near his car.
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| #12 (permalink) Mon Jun 25, 2007 17:48 pm Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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| what about "He is waiting for you around, in the car."? |
No, the word 'around' is not in an appropriate location in the sentence and doesn't make any sense. You could say that someone "is waiting around for you". That would be a bit similar to saying "hanging around". I don't think I would use it in combination with 'in the car', though.
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| #13 (permalink) Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:31 am Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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| thanks, Yankee/Amy. |
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| #14 (permalink) Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:44 pm Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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I will see him around in the office.
What is the correcet sense behind this sentence. |
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| #15 (permalink) Thu Jul 26, 2007 14:39 pm Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"? |
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Hi Dr. R. Saroj
Another way of saying is:
I will (regularly)meet him in the office. |
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