Difference between revisions of "Under"

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Usually, as we see in these examples (free translation in the brackets), the preposition 'under' usually indicates a relationship of inferiority of the located object to the reference object

Under en stein i skogen er og var Tron Øgrims (1947-2007) hemmelige datasted

(' Under a rock in the woods is, and was, Tron Øgrim's (1947-2007) secret computerplace)

Venstre går kraftig tilbake og havner under sperregrensen i en ny meningsmåling

('Venstre is having a major setback, and ends up under the bottom line in a new survey')

However, as we see in the following example, 'under' can also be used as a preposition to place an event within a certain time period

in some contexts 'under' indicates that some event takes place during another. In Selbygg these two uses are represented by different prepositions.

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