Re: Turn off the monitor vs turn the monitor off

Subject: Re: Turn off the monitor vs turn the monitor off
From: "Chris Morton" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:37:17 -0800

*Turn off the monitor, relax, and float downstream...*
**
Oh, wait... that's something else!

> Chris

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Combs, Richard <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com>wrote:

> Robert Hodgins wrote:
>
> > Could a rationalization be found in the following:
> >
> > "Turn the monitor around" versus "Turn around the monitor"?
>
> Ah, but in this example, it's "Turn around the monitor" that's ambiguous
> because "turn around" could be meant in the reflexive sense: "Turn
> (yourself) around the monitor."
>
> :-)
>
> Richard
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References:
Turn off the monitor vs turn the monitor off: From: Nancy Allison
Re: Turn off the monitor vs turn the monitor off: From: Peter Neilson
Re: Turn off the monitor vs turn the monitor off: From: Robert Hodgins
RE: Turn off the monitor vs turn the monitor off: From: Combs, Richard

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