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View Poll Results: Is your money at the bank
in your account at the bank 15 60.00%
on your account at the bank 0 0%
something else (please let me know) 3 12.00%
what is this "money" of which you speak? 7 28.00%
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Old 02-23-2012, 06:53 PM   #16
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Yabbut, Griff, the money, is it on or in your account at the Credit Union?
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Old 02-24-2012, 01:51 PM   #17
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Thank you all for being my guinea pigs. I was corrected on this matter by a non-English speaker who told me firmly that their dictionary said it was "money on an account at the bank". Yass, I am vindicated!
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Old 02-24-2012, 05:26 PM   #18
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I've heard the "on account" construction for debt.
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Old 02-24-2012, 05:55 PM   #19
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did you graduate or were you graduated?
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Old 02-24-2012, 06:16 PM   #20
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did you graduate or were you graduated?
You mean when I was on school?
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Old 02-25-2012, 06:11 AM   #21
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Furriners talk funny, that's that.
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Old 02-25-2012, 11:22 PM   #22
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I've heard the "on account" construction for debt.
me too. if you get something on account, it means you owe them.

So.... just got in from the hockey and was reminded that the announcer says "That's X's third goal on the season" instead of "third goal of the season. Is that the usual construction here, or is he just weird?
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Old 02-26-2012, 01:51 AM   #23
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just weird - announcer guy tryin to be Canadian eh?
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Old 02-26-2012, 05:47 PM   #24
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Kind of reminds me of the whole "She's at the university" vs. "She's at university.", and you could substitute 'university' for 'hospital'. As in "She was taken to hospital" vs. "She was taken to the hospital".
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Old 02-26-2012, 07:05 PM   #25
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Shit, Grav, articles are about the only thing worse than prepositions. Must you?
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Old 02-27-2012, 11:54 AM   #26
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Thank you all for being my guinea pigs. I was corrected on this matter by a non-English speaker who told me firmly that their dictionary said it was "money on an account at the bank". Yass, I am vindicated!
I has the monies on account at the banks. Not many monies, because I have much spendings to make.
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Old 02-27-2012, 05:58 PM   #27
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I has the money's on account at the banks. Not many monies, because I have much spendings to make.
There. Just like my students' essays.
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Old 02-27-2012, 06:43 PM   #28
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Kind of reminds me of the whole "She's at the university" vs. "She's at university.", and you could substitute 'university' for 'hospital'. As in "She was taken to hospital" vs. "She was taken to the hospital".
My daughter went to prom. Sometime in the last 30 years an article got dropped. I blame Canada.
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Old 02-27-2012, 06:57 PM   #29
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With their beady little eyes and flapping heads so full of lies.
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Old 02-27-2012, 07:27 PM   #30
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You mean the Canada. Keep up, will you?
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