A gun to hunt birds
Which are grammatically acceptable?
Which are natural?
1) They had given me a gun to hunt birds with to protect myself with in the city.
2) They had given me a gun to hunt birds to protect myself with in the city.
3) They had given me a gun to hunt birds to protect myself in the city.
4) They had given me a gun for hunting birds to protect myself with in the city.
5) They had given me a gun for hunting birds to protect myself in the city.
The gun has been designed for bird-hunting, but they had given it to me to protect myself in the city.
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navitasan The gun has been designed for bird-hunting We call that a bird gun, but that is not a very good description of the gun. Maybe you mean a shotgun. But "bird gun" is fine if that's what you want, maybe to show how little they know about such things.
- navitasan The gun has been designed for bird-hunting We call that a bird gun, but that is not a very good description of the gun.
- Maybe you mean a shotgun.
- But "bird gun" is fine if that's what you want, maybe to show how little they know about such things.
- They had given you a bird gun to protect yourself with in the city.
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navitasanThe gun has been designed for bird-hunting
We call that a bird gun, but that is not a very good description of the gun. Maybe you mean a shotgun. But "bird gun" is fine if that's what you want, maybe to show how little they know about such things.
They had given you a bird gun to protect yourself with in the city.
0Discharging a firearm is illegal in most cities, especially when shooting at birds and squirrels.
Fathers give their teenagers - usually boys - an age-appropriate weapon for small game like birds. Examples are a BB gun, an air gun, a small-caliber rifle, or a shotgun (for older kids). There are shooting ranges to practice, or they go out into the countryside away from people and build
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