In it X On it: Qual o correto?
- Simon Vasconcelos
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Her manner was angry and agitated. She caught up a chair for herself before I could give her one, and sat down in it, close at my side.
Retirei esse trecho de uma obra literária e achei estranho o uso da preposição "in". Não seria melhor que a preposição fosse "on"?
Retirei esse trecho de uma obra literária e achei estranho o uso da preposição "in". Não seria melhor que a preposição fosse "on"?
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- Henry Cunha
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Simon, we generally use
Sit down in your chair, child.
Sit in your place, child.
If you walk up to a bed, you sit on it. But if you're lying down in bed, you sit up in it.
There is no logic, just common usage, to these damn prepositions.
I thought the more strange expression was "to catch up a chair for oneself." I would have said "She took hold of a chair for herself," or "She grabbed / pulled up a chair for herself."
Sit down in your chair, child.
Sit in your place, child.
If you walk up to a bed, you sit on it. But if you're lying down in bed, you sit up in it.
There is no logic, just common usage, to these damn prepositions.
I thought the more strange expression was "to catch up a chair for oneself." I would have said "She took hold of a chair for herself," or "She grabbed / pulled up a chair for herself."
- Donay Mendonça
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