Grammatical/Phraseological Query

[Tom Priestly]

To add to the Lahti/Vanchu debate:

When I was being taught Russian (in the British army, eons ago) I remember
being told that a good way to understand the use of *v* plus the nominative
of persons, as in

idti v gosti

is to use this construction when *v* means "among" rather than "into". This
will 'work' for the examples cited so far, all of which involve professions.
Perhaps a context can be devised where

idti v gostej

would be appropriate - something physically penetrating the guests?

Anyway, perhaps it is more than just "professions".

Tom Priestly

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