Learn usage of "Above Vs Over"

1. Usage of “above and over”
Compiled and Voiced by
Nageswar Rao. A
English Teacher
Courtesy
Mr. K. V. Madhusudan
Resource Person (English)
01/19/14
anr.tuni@gmail.com

2. Above and over can both mean “higher than.”
The helicopter hovered above/over the building.
The water came up above/over our knees.
Above is preferred when we want to mean that one
thing is not directly over another.
There is a small cottage above the lake. (The cottage is not
directly over the lake.)
Above is also used in measurements of temperature, height,
intelligence etc., where we think of a vertical scale.
The temperature never rose above 10 degree Celsius.
01/19/14
anr.tuni@gmail.com

3. Over is preferred when one thing covers and/or touches another.
He put on a coat over his shirt.
There was cloud over the city.
Over is also used to talk about ages and speeds, and to mean
more than.
You have to be over 18 to see that film.
There were over 50 fifty people at the meeting.
01/19/14
anr.tuni@gmail.com

4. Visit us at “ayalasomayajula nageswar rao”
For
More videos on Functional & Usage Grammar.
Subscribe to our channel on You Tube
01/19/14
anr.tuni@gmail.com