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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
- 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
- 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")
- 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
- 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
- bottom of the eighth - WordReference Forums
Wiki expands on Florentia's accurate information: Inning - Wikipedia An inning in baseball, softball, and similar games is the basic unit of play, consisting of two halves or frames, [1] the "top" (first half) and the "bottom" (second half) In each half, one team bats until three outs are made, with the other team playing defense [2] A full game typically is scheduled for nine innings
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