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Autor:  Dale/RS
E-mail:  dale.thomas@hy.com.br
Data:  15/JUN/2006 9:11 PM
Assunto:  To lie in a hammock / to fall
 
Mensagem: 

If you get into a hammock, you can fall out of it.

The only way I can picture someone falling a hammock is if the hammock is on the ground and the idiot is standing on it.

 

You can lie in a bed and fall out of it.

You can lie on a bed and off it.

If you tell me you are lying in bed, I imagine you with blankets, sheets, etc. 

If you tell me you are lying on a bed, I imagine you on top of the bed with or without a blanket.  However, you are certainly not between the sheets.  Perhaps you are just resting.

 


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 English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
To lie in a hammock / to fall  –  Student  14/JUN/2006, 5:34 PM
To lie in a hammock / to fall  –  Johannes  14/JUN/2006, 5:52 PM
after thought  –  Johannes  14/JUN/2006, 6:06 PM
 To lie in a hammock / to fall  –  Dale/RS  15/JUN/2006, 9:11 PM

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