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The difference between Above, Over, Below, Under, Underneath, Beneath in English - YouTube
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Hello Everybody.
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In this video, I will be clarifying the difference between
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'Above' and 'over' and 'under' and 'below'.
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And I will be answering that age-old question:
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What the hell is the difference between:
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'under' and 'underneath?
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The generic term for anything that is in a higher position
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in relation to something else,
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is the word 'above'.
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Wherever this bird flies,
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it will remain above the tree
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if it stays higher than the tree.
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Incidentally, if you want to know the difference between 'high' and 'tall',
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click this box.
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When the bird is in a direct, vertical line with the tree,
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but still higher than it,
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we say the bird is 'over' the tree.
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However, the bird is still 'above' the tree;
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we are just being more precise in describing its location.
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The opposite of 'above' is 'below'.
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and we use that word to describe anything
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that is in a lower position in relation to something else.
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This is a mole.
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Moles are animals that live inside the ground.
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Wherever this mole moves,
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he is always below the tree and below the bird.
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When the mole is in a direct, vertical line with the tree
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or the bird,
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we can say that the mole is 'under' the tree
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or 'under' the bird.
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And now we get to 'beneath' and 'underneath'.
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and this is where things start to get a little bit tricky
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and a little bit confusing.
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so let's start with the meaning of the word 'neath'.
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'Neath' is a very old English word from around the
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17th century.
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and it means 'under'.
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so when we say 'underneath',
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we are effectively saying...
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under something that is already under something else.
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In modern day English,
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'underneath' has a slightly different interpretation,
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but the principal is the same.
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We use 'underneath'
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when we want to express that the thing below
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has a physical attachment to the thing
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immediately above it.
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For example, in an aeroplane,
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you will hear the announcement that
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your life jacket is 'underneath' the seat
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that you are sitting on.
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We can also use 'underneath' to suggest
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that there is a close proximity
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but not exactly physical contact
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with the object below and the object above it.
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For example, we could say that
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this cute, little kitten is
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'underneath' the piece of furniture.
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'Beneath' differs slightly from 'under' and 'underneath'
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because it suggests a greater surface area
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of the object below and the object above.
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For example,
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no matter where we sleep on the surface of the earth
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we all sleep beneath the stars.
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It's important to remember that even though
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something is beneath, underneath or under something
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it is still 'below'
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and even though something is over an object,
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it is still 'above' it.
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All we are doing is giving a much more precise indication
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of its location.
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And that's it.
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