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in or on??
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Evilmenina9
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in or on??
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sit on or in a chair?
sit on or in an armchair?? |
19 Jan 2011
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David Lisgo
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Usually �on a chair � and �in an armchair �. Perhaps it depends how comforable you are and how much the chair wraps itself around you. |
19 Jan 2011
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Apodo
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On a stool
On a bench On a dining room/ kitchen chair
In an armchair
In a child �s highchair
In a rocking chair
On a settee (Even though it �s like a big armchair)
On a couch
On a divan
On a beanbag
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19 Jan 2011
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yanogator
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Yes, as David said, it is determined by how much it is around you. Even though a couch/sofa has arms, they don �t really surround you, because at least one of them is far from you. Apodo �s list demonstrates this quite nicely.
I would say that "on" or "in" a beanbag are both fine. You sit on it at first, then you sink down into it, so you are in it.
Bruce |
19 Jan 2011
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douglas
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Yes, yes, and yes--I agree with all of you (I always say "in a beanbag") |
19 Jan 2011
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