Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 12.10.2020 13:31
AK>> In English, if an American has flown to Moon -- does it mean he
AK>> has been there? For instance, Apollo 13 was on its way to the
AK>> Moon, but it had not been on the Moon. Or we should make the
AK>> information more exact and say "he has been on the Moon". Is "on
AK>> the Moon" legal?
AH> I don't know of any jurisdiction where... as Henry Higgins put
AH> it... "the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue" is an
AH> indictable offence. You could say "acceptable" or "permissible" in
AH> a question like this, however.: - Q
AH> If Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1989 I see no problem
AH> with saying Apollo 11 went to the moon or that he has been there.
AH> If... as someone in another echo claims... the incident was filmed
AH> in a Hollywood movie studio, I'd say this person allegedly walked
AH> on the moon.
AH> I imagine you've also read news reports about an aeroplane which
AH> was en route to SomePlace Else when it crash-landed in the ocean. I
AH> gather Apollo 13 was on its way to the moon, but never actually
AH> arrived on the moon....
If an American can say that he is on a train, surely he can say he
is/was on the Moon. ;)
Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2020
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