fire is on?"

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YukihoHagiwara 09/20/19 10:45:13 PM #1:	where "it" is communicating to someone that something or someone is engulfed in flames the only reason I can think of is "fire is on him!" doesn't roll off the tongue as well as "he's on fire!" --- 7Dd_jr_dF0Y <cite>YukihoHagiwara posted [p:927727684] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>where "it" is communicating to someone that something or someone is engulfed in flames the only reason I can think of is "fire is on him!" doesn't roll off the tongue as well as "he's on fire!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Accolon 09/20/19 10:46:13 PM #2:	The fire is upon him! --- https://imgur.com/XAMp8 <cite>Accolon posted [p:927727723] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>The fire is upon him! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YukihoHagiwara 09/20/19 10:48:01 PM #3:	Accolon posted... The fire is upon him! yeah exactly. the only time I could ever think of "x is on fire" being proper wordage is when someone's walking across hot coals, and even then they're taking many liberties with their wordage. --- 7Dd_jr_dF0Y <cite>YukihoHagiwara posted [p:927727784] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Accolon posted...</cite> <quote>The fire is upon him! </quote> yeah exactly. the only time I could ever think of "x is on fire" being proper wordage is when someone's walking across hot coals, and even then they're taking many liberties with their wordage.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 09/20/19 10:50:31 PM #4:	Things burning are on fire... --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:927727879] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Things burning are on fire...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MedeaLysistrata 09/20/19 10:51:16 PM #5:	Fire's on and she's fixing her hair -_- --- "Why is ontology so expensive?" - JH [Is this live?][Joyless planet...] <cite>MedeaLysistrata posted [p:927727899] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Fire's on and she's fixing her hair -_-</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YukihoHagiwara 09/20/19 10:52:50 PM #6:	R1masher posted... Things burning are on fire... the fire is on them though --- 7Dd_jr_dF0Y <cite>YukihoHagiwara posted [p:927727938] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>R1masher posted...</cite> <quote>Things burning are on fire...</quote> the fire is on them though</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 09/20/19 10:53:46 PM #7:	YukihoHagiwara posted... R1masher posted... Things burning are on fire... the fire is on them though Maybe its a bastardization of afire --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:927727968] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>YukihoHagiwara posted...</cite> <quote>R1masher posted...</cite> <quote>Things burning are on fire...</quote> the fire is on them though</quote> Maybe its a bastardization of afire</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BLAKUboy 09/20/19 10:57:42 PM #8:	Because you wouldn't say "The fire is on the building!" You say "The building is on fire!" --- Aeris dies if she takes more damage than her current HP - Panthera https://signavatar.com/26999_s.png <cite>BLAKUboy posted [p:927728106] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Because you wouldn't say "The fire is on the building!" You say "The building is on fire!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YukihoHagiwara 09/21/19 8:59:09 PM #9:	BLAKUboy posted... Because you wouldn't say "The fire is on the building!" You say "The building is on fire!" well maybe you wouldn't, mister take's all the liberties with wordage and sentence structure. but I most certainly would say fire is on the building --- 7Dd_jr_dF0Y <cite>YukihoHagiwara posted [p:927762427] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>BLAKUboy posted...</cite> <quote>Because you wouldn't say "The fire is on the building!" You say "The building is on fire!"</quote> well maybe you wouldn't, mister take's all the liberties with wordage and sentence structure. but I most certainly would say fire is on the building</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Paragon21XX 09/21/19 9:00:14 PM #10:	YukihoHagiwara posted... R1masher posted... Things burning are on fire... the fire is on them though No. They've become the fire. --- Hmm... <cite>Paragon21XX posted [p:927762453] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>YukihoHagiwara posted...</cite> <quote>R1masher posted...</cite> <quote>Things burning are on fire...</quote> the fire is on them though</quote> No. They've become the fire.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gunplagirl 09/21/19 9:00:26 PM #11:	Engulfed in flame --- https://i.imgtc.ws/x2KBsjI.png <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:927762458] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Engulfed in flame</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VanananaHeyHey 09/21/19 9:04:31 PM #12:	It's functionally simpler. Fire doesn't usually rove around (and pretty much can't be anywhere unexpectedly that isn't a disaster), so pointing out where fire is instead of the thing on fire would weird the focus. People will be more familiar with the locations of the chair, the house, the dog, than 'fire,' so you want to make them look at the problem. If I had to guess, 'on' is either just one of English's excellent, inscrutable preposition uses, or it comes from when people would actually throw things onto a fire to destroy them. But that's just late Saturday night conjecture. --- Please, call me Vanai. CE's official linguist, War-tor-le and Charizard <cite>VanananaHeyHey posted [p:927762596] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>It's functionally simpler. Fire doesn't usually rove around (and pretty much can't be anywhere unexpectedly that isn't a disaster), so pointing out where fire is instead of the thing on fire would weird the focus. People will be more familiar with the locations of the chair, the house, the dog, than 'fire,' so you want to make them look at the problem. If I had to guess, 'on' is either just one of English's excellent, inscrutable preposition uses, or it comes from when people would actually throw things onto a fire to destroy them. But that's just late Saturday night conjecture.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 09/21/19 9:05:06 PM #13:	Flame on! --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:927762611] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Flame on!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RebelElite791 09/21/19 9:06:03 PM #14:	YukihoHagiwara posted... BLAKUboy posted... Because you wouldn't say "The fire is on the building!" You say "The building is on fire!" well maybe you wouldn't, mister take's all the liberties with wordage and sentence structure. but I most certainly would say fire is on the building And you'd be the person taking liberties. Are you not a native speaker of English? --- https://imgur.com/MS5SvzN Take better care of your teeth and f***, a lot more. <cite>RebelElite791 posted [p:927762641] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>YukihoHagiwara posted...</cite> <quote>BLAKUboy posted...</cite> <quote>Because you wouldn't say "The fire is on the building!" You say "The building is on fire!"</quote> well maybe you wouldn't, mister take's all the liberties with wordage and sentence structure. but I most certainly would say fire is on the building</quote> And you'd be the person taking liberties. Are you not a native speaker of English?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJGrimReaper 09/21/19 9:08:47 PM #15:	Imagine not playing NBA Jam --- Big Apple, 3 A.M. http://error1355.com/ce/SSJGrimReaper.html <cite>SSJGrimReaper posted [p:927762732] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Imagine not playing NBA Jam</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Eko 09/21/19 9:11:07 PM #16:	While we're at it, why is it called "take a shit" ? If anything, it should be called "make a shit" or "drop a shit" --- P S N : TheEko <cite>The Eko posted [p:927762817] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>While we're at it, why is it called "take a shit" ? If anything, it should be called "make a shit" or "drop a shit"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnholyMudcrab 09/21/19 9:17:44 PM #17:	Instead of sounding like an alien with an imperfect grasp of human communication, why not just use "in flames"? --- https://imgur.com/VeNBg https://imgur.com/gd5jC8q https://imgur.com/PKIy7 https://imgur.com/3p29JqP <cite>UnholyMudcrab posted [p:927763027] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Instead of sounding like an alien with an imperfect grasp of human communication, why not just use "in flames"?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RebelElite791 09/21/19 9:32:20 PM #19:	Also, this construction has existed since Old English, so spare us the "taking liberties" lmao --- https://imgur.com/MS5SvzN Take better care of your teeth and f***, a lot more. <cite>RebelElite791 posted [p:927763508] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Also, this construction has existed since Old English, so spare us the "taking liberties" lmao</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YukihoHagiwara 09/21/19 11:21:50 PM #20:	RebelElite791 posted... Also, this construction has existed since Old English, so spare us the "taking liberties" lmao ok you mgs2 --- 7Dd_jr_dF0Y <cite>YukihoHagiwara posted [p:927767325] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>RebelElite791 posted...</cite> <quote>Also, this construction has existed since Old English, so spare us the "taking liberties" lmao</quote> ok you mgs2</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 09/21/19 11:26:02 PM #21:	Accolon posted... The fire is upon him! I am totally saying this from now on lmao --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:927767464] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>Accolon posted...</cite> <quote>The fire is upon him! </quote> I am totally saying this from now on lmao</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 09/21/19 11:26:35 PM #22:	`The fire is upon lp0` --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:927767485] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>The fire is upon lp0</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shnangyboos 09/21/19 11:28:47 PM #23:	And why do we call it taking a shit, and not leaving a shit? --- How's my posting? Call http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/182361-human-resource-machine for any comments or concerns. <cite>shnangyboos posted [p:927767562] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>And why do we call it taking a shit, and not leaving a shit? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 09/22/19 3:47:16 AM #24:	It doesn't make a lot of sense if you try to interpret it literally, but I imagine it's worded this way in order for the statement to be about the condition of the subject rather than the fire. "How is lp0?" "It's functional"/"it's in an error state"/"it's on fire." --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:927773827] in why is it,... [t:78029708]...</cite> <quote>It doesn't make a lot of sense if you try to interpret it literally, but I imagine it's worded this way in order for the statement to be about the condition of the subject rather than the fire. "How is lp0?" "It's functional"/"it's in an error state"/"it's on fire."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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