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Originally Posted by Jetée
To make it easy though, the resident desktop encyclo- offered me (you, us all) this definition for upon:
prep.
On. See Usage Note at on.
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I think you meant to quote the usage note, which is actually pretty informative:
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In their uses to indicate spatial relations, on and upon are often interchangeable: It was resting on (or upon) two supports. We saw a finch light on (or upon) a bough. To indicate a relation between two things, however, instead of between an action and an end point, upon cannot always be used: Hand me the book on (not upon) the table. It was the only town on (not upon) the main line. Similarly, upon cannot always be used in place of on when the relation is not spatial: He wrote a book on (not upon) alchemy. She will be here on (not upon) Tuesday.
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Last edited by rsl12; 09-22-2010 at 01:09 PM..
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