with the prepositional meaning in/at/from some place

[GoldfishLord]

Sorry I see no sense in using Simple Wiktionary as a source for grammar guidance. Where can be many things but preposition is not one of them.

I disagree: in modern grammar "where" belongs to a single word class, i.e. preposition.

It occurs in relative constructions (often 'fused' ones), with the prepositional meaning in/at/from some place.

FYI, Wiktionary is compiled largely by grammarians who know what they are talking about.

Source: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/where-it-was-gently-pulled.4039498/post-20739163

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Does "the prepositional meaning in/at/from some place" mean "in, at, or from some place, it has the meaning"?

 

[emsr2d2]

It occurs in relative constructions. In those constructions, it has the prepositional meaning "in some place/at some place/from some place".

 

[Piscean]

It occurs in relative constructions (often 'fused' ones), with the prepositional meaning in/at/from some place.

If that had been punctuated
It occurs in relative constructions (often 'fused' ones), with the prepositional meaning "in/at/from some place."
or
It occurs in relative constructions (often 'fused' ones), with the prepositional meaning in/at/from some place.
the meaning would have been very clear.

Does "the prepositional meaning in/at/from some place" mean "in, at, or from some place, it has the meaning"?

That means nothing to me.

 

[Piscean]

It occurs in relative constructions. In those constructions, it has the prepositional meaning "in some place/at some place/from some place".

Does "..." mean "..."?

Would it not make more sense to ask such questions on the site where they were originally posted? The OP might respond there.

 

[GoldfishLord]

He doesn't respond and also that thread is closed.

 

[Piscean]

You could always open a new thread there with your question about meaning. As for "He doesn't respond", he wasn't asked the question.

 

[GoldfishLord]

I can't ask a question based on one of other members' posts. That is banned. I don't know why.

 

[Tarheel]

I can't ask a question based on one of ANother members' posts. That is FORBIDDEN. I don't know why.

 

[GoldfishLord]

I didn't start the original thread. A Chinese person did.

 

[jutfrank]

When he says 'prepositional meaning', he means 'locative meaning'. His point is that preposition phrases express a sense of 'where'.

 

[emsr2d2]

You could always open a new thread there with your question about meaning. As for "He doesn't respond", he wasn't asked the question.

The OP edited the post you replied to, unhelpfully. Originally, it said that the OP on the other forum doesn't discuss language points in private messages. That made much more sense.

 

[GoldfishLord]

Tarheel said that "I can't ask a question based on one of other members' posts." is not natural.

How about "I can't ask a question based on one of the other members' posts"?

 

[Piscean]

Tarheel said that "I can't ask a question based on one of other members' posts." is not natural.

How about "I can't ask a question based on one of the other members' posts"?

If you choose to ignore Tarheel's 'another' suggestion, yes.

 

[Tarheel]

Tarheel said that "I can't ask a question based on one of other members' posts." is not natural.

How about "I can't ask a question based on one of the other members' posts"?

1. It's not just unnatural. It's ungrammatical.
2. The apostrophe goes before the "s".

 

[güey]

I can't ask a question based on another member's post.

I can't ask questions based on other members' posts.

... is what I would prefer.

 

[emsr2d2]

2. The apostrophe goes before the "s".

No, it doesn't. In "one of the other members", "members" is plural so the apostrophe goes after the "s". In post #7, the OP missed out the word "the" but the punctuation was correct.