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Old 21-Apr-2008, 22:48
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Default Re: a chair for sitting on/in

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Originally Posted by Anglika View Post
Chairs are odd things - you can sit in them and you can sit on them.

You can only live in a place, and a box is something to put things in, but you can also put things on a box [ or rather, on a closed box].
Anglica,
Thank you for your help. I'd like to know further if we can say 'a place for living in', and 'a chair for sitting on/in' are good structures to use. Thank you in advance.
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