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Comments and discussions at the weekend are usually SO MUCH more convivial and erudite than many of those during the week.
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'punched in the head and robbed of his bike on an alley off Belmont Road in Blackpool . . .'
that's a lot of prepositions in one sentence. Shouldn't it be 'in an alley' rather than 'on an alley'? And punched 'on' the head rather than 'in' it. Innit?
I blame the USA, where prepopsitions seem to be interchangeable. Let's just cut them all out of our vocabulary and choose just one to take the place of them all. How about using the word "like" as both a universal interjection and preposition?
So it's like: <punched like the head and robbed like his bike like an alley like Belmont Road like Blackpool last night> Makes sense innit?
Prepositions depend on the anatomy and assault method. I have been punched on the nose, kicked up the arse and kneed in the wedding vegetables. It has never happened to me but in Bath, an assailant bent on a fully featured attack may duff one over.
Revised prepositions would not make any of those events less painful.
True, but have you ever been "punched in the head"?
In Glasgow, they'll take their fist off your face.