Depends on the context, I suppose. In parachuting it might mean something different than it would in UFC. My guess is that your context has something to do with insights that are available to someone close to the events. Someone on the ground might have a better perspective about events than, say, someone pontificating thousands of miles away.
The last may be close, but I think it is a little more than that. And as you say, the context is important. I should ask one of the people I heard it from, and your niece also used it in one of her blogs. Maybe she should answer!
Actually, Karen is better with family relationships than I am. First of all I believe a niece is a cousin. Cousins can be identified by how far they are removed in the family chain. I think the niece I am referring to is actually Bruces niece, and therefore must be Emily's second niece. Anyway I was referring to Ellen. But the real question what is meant by "on-the-ground"? I suspect it doesn't so much refer to the person close to the scene, but in some way to the scene itself. Help!
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Depends on the context, I suppose. In parachuting it might mean something different than it would in UFC. My guess is that your context has something to do with insights that are available to someone close to the events. Someone on the ground might have a better perspective about events than, say, someone pontificating thousands of miles away.
The last may be close, but I think it is a little more than that. And as you say, the context is important. I should ask one of the people I heard it from, and your niece also used it in one of her blogs. Maybe she should answer!
Emily's only niece is Erika - so you must have figured out that the previous comment wasn't from Emily.
Actually, Karen is better with family relationships than I am. First of all I believe a niece is a cousin. Cousins can be identified by how far they are removed in the family chain. I think the niece I am referring to is actually Bruces niece, and therefore must be Emily's second niece. Anyway I was referring to Ellen. But the real question what is meant by "on-the-ground"? I suspect it doesn't so much refer to the person close to the scene, but in some way to the scene itself.
Help!
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