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- on, at, in the bottom - WordReference Forums
Yes, you seem to have it quite right 'On the bottom of' something like a boat, 'at the bottom of' an up-and-down thing like a list, a page; and I can't think of how you'd use 'in the bottom of' You're again quite right that we say 'in the bottom drawer', with it used in an adjectival way 'In the bottom of the drawer' perhaps if the drawer is very deep and you can feel things (socks, perhaps
- backside bottom - WordReference Forums
However, "bottom" is definitely more polite than "backside" and is acceptable for ordinary conversation "Buttocks" is a bit more sophisticated and is more suited to medical, legal or technical talk
- come bottom - WordReference Forums
What I don't understand is the participant is actually the bottom of the challenge, but the judge says "you don't come bottom of the technical challenge " when he is talking about the participant
- Can we call backward students bottom students?
Presidentially challenged? "Backward" (morally poor , suffering from poor morale ) is the word in my mind Re: "top" students vs "bottom" students I think placing "bottom" in scare quotes could significantly increase its acceptability if the definition of that phrase has been previously given (e g , "students in the bottom 10% of their class")
- On the bottom vs. at the bottom [of a page] | WordReference Forums
"At the bottom of the page" is the usual expression for something appearing near the bottom edge of a page "On the bottom" would be appropriate if there were something literally on the bottom edge - a bit of food snagged on the paper or the like
- bottom shuffle - WordReference Forums
a normal variant of crawling in which babies sit upright and move on their bottoms, usually by pulling forward on their heels Babies who bottom-shuffle tend to walk slightly later There is often a family history of bottom shuffling google
- At on in the bottom of the fridge - WordReference Forums
Is on used? I’ve never heard anyone say that I think most people would say the fridge has a freezer underneath In the bottom of the fridge is straightforward – of course in means inside At could mean either inside or outside an item such as a fridge It depends entirely on what’s being referred to On would either refer to the outside of the fridge or mean on top of it
- right-hand corner and right corner - WordReference Forums
Right in "--- in the bottom right ----" is a noun I would hesitate to say that right -hand corner and right corner are always interchangeable because, in terms of semantics, when using an adjective, right-hand is better as it distinguishes the other adjectival meaning of right, which can also mean correct; proper
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