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Claudio Di Veroli écrit:
>Grammar is important and usage is also important.
>Both "in medium" (accusative meaning to PLACE it there)
>and "in medio" (ablative meaning to FIND it there)
>are accepted in this particular case.

I'm not going to harp (!) on this, since it's not really on topic (except 
for your lid), but the accusative can only be used with a verb implying a 
movement, as you admit yourself - which is not the case of "stare".

Dennis

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