tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post1313603226748421353..comments2023-10-25T02:16:28.192-06:00Comments on Ryan's linguistics blog: out of proportion toRyan Denzer-Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015316224715016479noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-22127646679242639932014-06-12T17:04:35.915-06:002014-06-12T17:04:35.915-06:00Cool!Cool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-22514784304791081332011-11-11T17:38:25.377-07:002011-11-11T17:38:25.377-07:00Thank you for your insights. I saw "to"...Thank you for your insights. I saw "to" just now and wondered the same thing; a Google search brought me here :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-48317077838624929032011-06-06T07:30:26.641-06:002011-06-06T07:30:26.641-06:00useful thoughts. thanks.useful thoughts. thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-35771102592457179642011-05-12T13:57:41.007-06:002011-05-12T13:57:41.007-06:00An interesting thought, though I'm always wary...An interesting thought, though I'm always wary of any supposed comingling of logic and language (cf. "get on a bus" vs. "get in a car").Ryan Denzer-Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015316224715016479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-18014120656995751772011-05-12T13:36:37.787-06:002011-05-12T13:36:37.787-06:00I found your post while Googling to make the same ...I found your post while Googling to make the same comparison you've made. For some reason "out of proportion to" just doesn't sound right. I think it has to do with proportions. The things in proportion logically should move together (= preposition with) and not separately ( = prepositions to/from). Or at least that's how I see it. :)Kendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710076080460167442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-13608624832614532562011-02-24T04:29:07.501-07:002011-02-24T04:29:07.501-07:00I wonder if it might have to do with regional diff...I wonder if it might have to do with regional differences as idiomatic preposition choices happen to differ from variation to variation of English e.g. in Britain it is common to say ''work in a bank'' whereas a natural choice for speakers of English in New Zealand would be ''work at a bank''.Ewelina Gonerahttp://www.englishfocused.comnoreply@blogger.com