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mariannina
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Stairs or landing?
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Ciao! I �d need your opinion, please.
Is it correct to say: "The wardrobe was in the stairs"? Meaning with "stairs" the landing that is in a house? I �ve never used "stairs" , but is it correct?
Thank you very much.
Mariannina |
18 May 2009
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DRPLEE
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Youy could say the wardrobe was on the on the landing - meaning it was placed not actually on the staircase, but on a level between two staircases - or , again on a level, at the top of the stairs. A landing usually has a balustrade (rails to stop you falling into the stairwell). "In the stairs � is wrong; "on the stairs" is correct, but not for a wardrobe; cf. the stage play "The ruffian on the stairs" by the English playwright Joe Orton.
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18 May 2009
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mariannina
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Thank you Valeria. This morning one of my young students � mother made me notice that it is not correct because her sister-in-law, who is American or English I don �t remember well, told her they don �t use it. |
18 May 2009
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Zora
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Never heard of "stairs" being used as "landing"... I would say it �s wrong... To me stairs are what you climb and landing is the area between the flights of stairs..
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18 May 2009
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mariannina
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Thanks, and how would you say? "The wardrobe was on the landing" or "The wardrobe was in the landing"?  |
18 May 2009
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mendiv
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You would definitely use on the landing. I always ask my kids if the books are "inside" the table, or whatever they use in their sentence. The wardrobe could not be "in" the stairs unless it was built into them.
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18 May 2009
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GIOVANNI
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I would agree with Linda about the stairs and landing. The landing is really the floor at the head or foot of the stairs or between flights of stairs.
What you might say is that the wardbrobe was on the landing near the stairs or close to the stairs.
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18 May 2009
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douglas
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Or you can say "the wardrobe is in the stairwell" |
18 May 2009
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susiebelle
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I also always referred to that little level area that is located between floors and is the �joiner � of two staircases as the stairwell. |
18 May 2009
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Mariannina