Timeline for Meaning and usage of the phrase "in the first place "
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 15:57 | history | edited | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 15:50 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Max: No. You can only use at in a literal context, such as We stopped for a drink at the first place that was willing to serve us. Or if you get rid of the word place so it's just a matter of chronology/sequence, as in John was there at first (but he left later). | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 15:45 | comment | added | Max | Can we use the phrase 'AT the first place'? | |
| Apr 7, 2016 at 16:29 | history | edited | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 7, 2016 at 15:36 | history | answered | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |