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above, upper, over
Message de lethidee posté le 10-06-2005 à 19:39:27 (S | E | F | I)
Hello everybody
I need your help because i don't know exactly when I can use the words above, upper, over.
Can you help me ?
Thanks a lot
Message de lethidee posté le 10-06-2005 à 19:39:27 (S | E | F | I)
Hello everybody
I need your help because i don't know exactly when I can use the words above, upper, over.
Can you help me ?
Thanks a lot
Réponse: above, upper, over de bridg, postée le 10-06-2005 à 19:49:45 (S | E)
Lien Internet
Réponse: above, upper, over de ruofei, postée le 10-06-2005 à 21:38:53 (S | E)
Hello Lethidee,
I'm sure the link that Brigd suggested you helps you understand: nothing better that outlined shapes to figure out the prepositions' meaning!
To go further -only talking about location/position:
1) above (preposition, averb): directly on top of/higher than something
(the birds flew above the trees)
2) over (prepositon, adverb): something is resting on top of something, usually, with a space in between
(a Van Gogh's painting over the fireplace)
3) upper (adjective): something if is posititoned above another part of something else
(the upper teeth)
Does this help at all?
Réponse: above, upper, over de lethidee, postée le 11-06-2005 à 12:29:41 (S | E)
Hello Bridg and Ruofei.
Thanks for your help
If I well understood, we used above and upper to describe things or materials in the space and over is used specially when we talk about abstract things.
for example : the sky above my head
the pull upper my dress
but : He was looking over the mountain
Thanks