You'd think a foal would be "in horse."
Cows and glaciers "calve."
What do sheep do?
So now lets change the prepositions around. My friend is about to
child, or is in baby.
Prepositions is the craziest people.
Mark
At 05:58 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:
>On 28/3/06 7:55 AM, "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Is a horse "with foal"? a goat "with kid?" or a fish "with sprat"?
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>A horse is "in foal". A goat "kids", I believe. Fish just seem messy...
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>Best
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>Alison Croggon
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