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Jun 7, 2009 · Nov 30, 2010. #15. Both prepositions are common. As wolfbm1 says, we can think of the coast as a line, in which case we use "on", but we can also speak of the coast as a frontier or boundary in which case we use "at". A house or village is static, so it is more likely to be described as on the coast.
May 23, 2008 · New Member. U.S. English. May 23, 2008. #1. every dictionary and online translation has a different definition; I want to know what the word PITA translates into. The word would be used on the central coast of Mexico for a business. the definitions I have read so far: -smart. -maguey plant.
Aug 10, 2008 · British Columbia, Canada. Canadian English. Aug 10, 2008. #2. In my world, "off the coast" means out in the water. We have such expressions as "A ship sank off the coast of British Columbia" or "There is an island off the coast of England..." That always means out in the water. I would have no idea where she lives if I were to read your sentence.
Nov 8, 2016 · Nov 8, 2016. #8. However the beach is limited to a sloping, usually sandy or pebbly, area next to the water, whereas shore can be of different land types. Generally you would have to be able to walk on or traverse a shore. A cliff at the water's edge would not be a shore. Once again, what you're dealing with is equally meaning and context.
Dec 2, 2018 · Senior Member. United States. English - American. Dec 2, 2018. #3. The East Coast is stereotyped as being more straitlaced and "old money" than the West (or "Left") Coast. Maybe that's part of the joke, if Wade is a well-to-do, uptight kind of character. And both coasts are considered more culturally important than the large American middle.
Jun 15, 2015 · coast through. Thread starter gimhee; ... Derby (central England) English - England Jun 15, 2015 #3 The ...
Dec 9, 2005 · so you guys say 9/8c it's at 9pm for eastern and 8pm for central. and then you also said that at mountain it's 7 or 8pm. and pacific at 9pm. but eastern it's GTM -4 and GTM -5. and mountain GTM -7. anf pacific GTM -8. so when it's 9pm/10pm at eastern it's 6pm/7pm at montain thats okay.
Oct 4, 2006 · It's not 7pm for everybody else. It's 7pm only for people living on the East Coast. In the U.S. we have 6 different time zones. When it is 7pm EST, it is... 6pm CST, and. 5pm MST (Mountain Standard Time), and. 4pm PST (Pacific Standard Time-- the West Coast), and. 3pm AKST (Alaskan Standard Time-- Alaska only), and.
Jan 7, 2008 · English English. Jan 7, 2008. #6. It's a well-known expression in British English, meaning That was a joke ~ laugh! When I was growing up there was a kiddies' TV 'personality' called Basil Brush ~ he was a fox hand puppet. His catchphrase was Boom! Boom! whenever he told one of his extremely lame jokes.
Nov 28, 2007 · Central Coast, California. USA, English. Nov 28, 2007. #4. To my ears, the on/with distinction makes sense when the form of "fixation" is changed: He has a fixation with hampering our progress. He is fixated on hampering our progress.
