Timeline for Move to vs Move over to
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| Dec 12, 2016 at 11:57 | history | edited | SovereignSun | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2016 at 11:46 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | There are subtle differences in preposition use, but, unfortunately, you question doesn’t ask about that, so I’m not going to delve into the matter in my comments. | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 11:41 | comment | added | SovereignSun | @J.R. I agree. Look at the two examples you've given: I can move a knickknack to a new place on the shelf; my company can move to a new place on the other side of town. Both as Peter answered carry one meaning. They both mean simply to change location from one place to another. And the different between the prepositions in this case would certainly be a common one for other examples of a kind. Doesn't in this case move over imply just an emphatic way of saying the same? And how would a change from to to in/into inflict the meaning? | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 10:57 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | As a footnote, take a look at some of your questions that received many upvotes, and compare them to your questions that weren’t upvoted. I don’t think I’m the only one in this community who values and appreciates a little extra effort put into a question. | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 10:38 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | Sovereign - I understand this: many words in English are quite flexible and can be used in many different ways. And more than once I’ve spent time composing an answer only to be told by the O.P., “No, I didn’t mean that, I meant something else instead" – something that could have been made clear with just an extra example. Peter may have gotten it right, but that’s partly luck. Your original example: To move to a new place has many valid interpretations. I can move a knickknack to a new place on the shelf; my company can move to a new place on the other side of town. | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 10:32 | history | edited | SovereignSun | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2016 at 10:21 | vote | accept | SovereignSun | ||
| Dec 12, 2016 at 10:20 | comment | added | SovereignSun | @J.R. You are really strange. I'm asking serious questions that you simply cannot understand. I've given context. Notice how Peter understood me plainly and gave a good answer that I find very easy to understand. | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 10:07 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 10:04 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | What do you think these phrases mean? I can move from a chair to the sofa, or I can move from an apartment into a house. Just asking us to differentiate between short phrases without any context or intended meaning is a rather fruitless exercise. And please remember that when you ask future questions, too. You’ve asked six dozen by now; I’d expect some improvement over time. | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 9:44 | comment | added | SovereignSun | @Peter Sorry. I found the explanation for "at" with move, and added the "in".. but since I know only the idiom 'to move in" can it be used in such a way? | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 9:43 | history | edited | SovereignSun | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2016 at 9:03 | comment | added | Peter | There's no "in" or "at" in your examples. | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 7:31 | history | asked | SovereignSun | CC BY-SA 3.0 |