
21-Aug-2006, 23:04
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Re: on the bottom, or in the bottom? Quote:
Originally Posted by kazi somebody asked me in a store, (where did you put that?). So what was I supposed to tell him, (in) the bottom, or (on) the bottom. | As Ouisch says/said, it depends. Let's imagine, 'cause you didn't say, that's it's a paper bag.
"I put it at the bottom."
This means 'at' the bottom of the other stuff that I put into the bag.
Normally for this example, we wouldn't use 'bottom', other than the one sentence above, which has a slighly different focus. We'd use "in the bag". |