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  1. "Fall", "fell", "felled" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 16, 2012 · A tree falls in the woods, but a logger falls trees as well. but in the past tense, A tree fell in the woods, but the logger felled a tree. However, if it's not a tree, or if it's not a person's normal …

  2. word choice - "Fall from" vs. "fall off" - English Language & Usage ...

    Mar 29, 2014 · Which you should prefer depends on the particular circumstances, and what is being fallen from (or off). You would usually fall off a bicycle, off the wagon or off the radar. You might fall …

  3. Origin of “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”

    Jul 25, 2018 · Ni fell zygwyz aval o avall; the apple will not fall far from the tree, (adage). The Welsh quote is the earliest I could find, but it just seems to make my research more complicated. So, where …

  4. Do trees "fall down" or "fall over"? - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Feb 13, 2020 · Is there any difference between saying "Trees can fall down in strong wind" and "Trees can fall over in strong wind"? And in general, what is the different between "fall down" and "fall over"?

  5. What does "The apple never falls far from the tree" mean?

    Oct 18, 2013 · The apple never falls far from the tree is a saying often used to underline a negative aspect and means: A child grows up to be similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical …

  6. grammaticality - Why can’t you say “I fell the stairs”? - English ...

    1 To "fell" something is to chop it down. As in "I felled a tree." "Fell" is also the past tense of "fall." But even in this context, you can't talk about "falling" the stairs. You need a preposition, to fall down the …

  7. Is it falling or felling? [closed] - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Feb 21, 2018 · Felling is associated with the idea of (some agent) making the subject fall, while falling refers simply to the subject's fall. fell verb 1 Cut down (a tree) ‘33 million trees are felled each day’ …

  8. Difference between "fell to the ground" vs. "fell on the ground"

    Shortly afterwards the bat again fell on the ground and this time was caught by another weasel. 1 A few hours later the bird fell to the ground with the arrow right through it. 2 although, after running some …

  9. "X not Y" structures - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 23, 2024 · The tree fell on my brother's car, not my father's car. "Not" can be expanded to "and not" (the car in question is not my father's), or "but not" (not both my brother's and my father's car (not …

  10. Is there an opposite phrase for "The apple never falls far from the tree"?

    Jan 17, 2019 · A common equivalent to The apple never falls far from the tree is Like father, like son. The are numerous Google results for the opposite: Like father, unlike son.