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What’s the difference between “in all directions”and “from all directions “
Mar 29, 2020 3:03 PM
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Things go in all directions, away from the speaker; things come from all directions, towards the speaker. The children ran in all directions = They ran away from you, all going to different places. The children ran from all directions = They ran towards you, all coming from different places.
March 29, 2020
They have completely opposite meaning
March 29, 2020
But our teacher told me that sometimes their meanings are the same.Is it right?
March 29, 2020
In all directions = something is going out from one spot. Think of the sun sending light in all directions. From all directions = there is stuff coming to one spot from everywhere. Think of a balloon going under water. It is being compressed from all directions.
March 29, 2020
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