# "Gehry still resides there." (Wikipedia language question).

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 7, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951 "2017-11-07T06:02:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951/21 "2017-11-07T21:36:59Z")

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Smart man!

That method works good for extended family too.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951/22 "2017-11-07T21:45:24Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> “I live in a trailer park in Camden County”

Hi, Earl!

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951/23 "2017-11-07T22:28:13Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Are you perhaps confusing “reside” with another word, like “recline”?
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> Although my inner Grammar Nazi feels obligated to point out that it’s not “laying down”; it’s “lying down.”

What if he’s residing, laying down new siding?

Ok, that’s wrong too.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951/24 "2017-11-07T22:46:06Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Hi, Earl!

Hi, Crabman!

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951/25 "2017-11-07T23:58:36Z")

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Nothing wrong with it in the slightest.

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951/26 "2017-11-08T00:24:48Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> What if he’s residing, laying down new siding?
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> Ok, that’s wrong too.

And definitely something you’d be less likely to do in Australia

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**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951/27 "2017-11-08T04:27:29Z")

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“Resides at/in” and “lives at/in” are near synonyms, but I’d be more likely to use “reside” in connection with a particular house or address. It would seem stilted to me to say that someone resides in a particular suburb, or city, or country, but perfectly fine (if slightly formal) to say that he resides at a particular address.

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