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#2 (permalink) Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:18 pm Off the wall |
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There are different kinds of walls. Usually they are structures of brick/stone, etc. forming:
a) the side of a room or building b) the boundary of a piece of land
A cat can sit on the second kind of wall. Or it can jump over it :wink: . It can also go to the wall, which means it is defeated -- maybe when it couldn't catch a mouse and all this sent/drove the cat up the wall (made it furious!).
I hope you won't find these explanations off the wall (strange) :) . |
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#3 (permalink) Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:22 am How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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hi, why the answer (b)over is not right? thanks. |
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Rishi070 I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:56 am How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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Hi,
'Over' often suggests movement and doesn't really fit with the verb 'sit', which would indicate a fixed position. You can say: The cat jumped over the wall (from one side to the other) or: The tree is hanging over the wall (grows up one side and down the other side).
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#5 (permalink) Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:10 am How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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Hi Alan, got it. thanks. |
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Rishi070 I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Sat Mar 28, 2009 15:19 pm How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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Alan I can't get it ( sit on) please answer me |
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Sasooo I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Sat Mar 28, 2009 15:44 pm How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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I sit on a sofa or a chair, the cat is sitting on top of (on) the wall _________________ No comment |
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Shyone I'm here quite often ;-)

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#8 (permalink) Sat Dec 19, 2009 23:16 pm How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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Hi
Are the words beneath, underneath, below and under correctly used in this sentence:
They buried the stolen money beneath/underneath/below the wall and sat under it(the wall) for hours under the moonlight regretting down below what they had done.
Thanks Ali |
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#9 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:55 am Re: How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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Will this sentence make any sense if you use about in the meaning near?
Kaysi wrote: | The cat is sitting about the wall. |
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#10 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:46 am How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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No. That doesn't work at all. _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
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#11 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:48 am How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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Aliraf62 wrote: | Hi
Are the words beneath, underneath, below and under correctly used in this sentence:
They buried the stolen money beneath/underneath/below the wall and sat under it(the wall) for hours under the moonlight regretting down below what they had done.
Thanks Ali |
I would say They buried the stolen money beneath/underneath the wall (below makes it sound as if the wall does not reach down to the ground) and sat beside it under the moonlight for hours. regretting deep inside what they had done. _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
Terry Pratchett |
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#12 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:25 am How can cat be sitting on a wall? |
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Thank you for your help. |
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