Wednesday, April 2, 2014

grammar - Where does "sit the throne" come from?

I've seen the phrase "sit the throne" in place of "sit on the throne." It's usually used in literary or poetic contexts, but it doeas appear to have "real" uses (right click any line to see combined usage), albeit not very many.




Is there any etymology or grammar underlying this usage, or is it merely an abbreviation of the "correct" structure?



(I tried Googling it, I really did, but all I got was a bunch of Bioshock Infinite spoilers.)

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