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Something not to be taken too seriously.
1. The Omnipresent is not bound in space (both time and place dimensions), but Man is.
2. Time is not conquered by man (yet?).
3. Man is pushing back the frontiers of Place (e.g. exploration of the Universe).
4. But Place is: FROM dust we come, TO dust we shall return.
5. The word WHERE is one of the most mysterious: it can be "at", or "in", or "FROM", or "TO".
6. For the latter two, it depends on the VERB used with WHERE.
Consider "WHERE" in the following.
(A) FROM explicit, TO impossible.
1. Where do you COME FROM? (Pronoun)
or: From where do you come?
2. Where do you come? (Ungrammatical)
3. Where do you come to? (Impossible)
(Correct is: What do you come to?)
(B) FROM implicit, TO impossible.
1. Where did you GET this watch? (Adverb of place)
2. From where did you get this watch? (Ungrammatical)
3. Where did you get this watch to? (Impossible)
(Where do you get to? Different: "Get" here means "go")
(C) TO implicit, FROM impossible.
1. Where did you GO? (Adverb of place)
2. Where did you go to? (Ungrammatical)
3. From where did you go? (Impossible)
(D) TO implicit, FROM explicit
1. Where does this LEAD? (Adverb of place)
2. Where does this lead to? (Ungrammatical)
3. From where does this lead? (Pronoun)
4. Where did you TAKE my watch? (Adverb of place)
5. Where did you take my watch to? (Ungrammatical)
6. From where did you take my watch? (Pronoun)
7. Where are you TAKING us? (Adverb of place)
8. Where are you taking us to? (Ungrammatical)
9. From where are you taking us? (Pronoun)
10. Where have you TAKEN us? (Adverb of place)
11. Where have you taken us to? (Ungrammatical)
12. From where have you taken us? (Pronoun)
The verbs in (D) have a certain ambiguity; thus, TO is implicit whereas FROM has to be explicit. TO WHERE Man goes is implicit (to dust we shall return). FROM WHERE Man came??? Darwin was pretty explicit about this (certainly not from dust!). BUT WHO KNOWS?
By-product of my humble text preparation. :roll:
1. The Omnipresent is not bound in space (both time and place dimensions), but Man is.
2. Time is not conquered by man (yet?).
3. Man is pushing back the frontiers of Place (e.g. exploration of the Universe).
4. But Place is: FROM dust we come, TO dust we shall return.
5. The word WHERE is one of the most mysterious: it can be "at", or "in", or "FROM", or "TO".
6. For the latter two, it depends on the VERB used with WHERE.
Consider "WHERE" in the following.
(A) FROM explicit, TO impossible.
1. Where do you COME FROM? (Pronoun)
or: From where do you come?
2. Where do you come? (Ungrammatical)
3. Where do you come to? (Impossible)
(Correct is: What do you come to?)
(B) FROM implicit, TO impossible.
1. Where did you GET this watch? (Adverb of place)
2. From where did you get this watch? (Ungrammatical)
3. Where did you get this watch to? (Impossible)
(Where do you get to? Different: "Get" here means "go")
(C) TO implicit, FROM impossible.
1. Where did you GO? (Adverb of place)
2. Where did you go to? (Ungrammatical)
3. From where did you go? (Impossible)
(D) TO implicit, FROM explicit
1. Where does this LEAD? (Adverb of place)
2. Where does this lead to? (Ungrammatical)
3. From where does this lead? (Pronoun)
4. Where did you TAKE my watch? (Adverb of place)
5. Where did you take my watch to? (Ungrammatical)
6. From where did you take my watch? (Pronoun)
7. Where are you TAKING us? (Adverb of place)
8. Where are you taking us to? (Ungrammatical)
9. From where are you taking us? (Pronoun)
10. Where have you TAKEN us? (Adverb of place)
11. Where have you taken us to? (Ungrammatical)
12. From where have you taken us? (Pronoun)
The verbs in (D) have a certain ambiguity; thus, TO is implicit whereas FROM has to be explicit. TO WHERE Man goes is implicit (to dust we shall return). FROM WHERE Man came??? Darwin was pretty explicit about this (certainly not from dust!). BUT WHO KNOWS?
By-product of my humble text preparation. :roll: