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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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at the bottom of

0At [the bottom of] the ocean floor are three ladders.02br
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00Is the phrase in the brackets redundant? If not, what additional information does it provide?02br
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0I agree with you. 02br 00-----02br 00floor02br 01b 00b02b 00 01b 00:02b 00 a lower ground surface (as the bottom of the sea or the invert of the chamber of a canal lock) <the 01i 00floor02i 00 of the valley>02br 05000 02br 00------ 0240

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  • 0I agree with you.
  • 02br 00-----02br 00floor02br 01b 00b02b 00 01b 00:02b 00 a lower ground surface (as the bottom of the sea or the invert of the chamber of a canal lock) <the 01i 00floor02i 00 of the valley>02br 05000 02br 00------ 0240
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0I agree with you. 02br
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0It's ok as long as you change it to 'on the ocean floor'.0-
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0But native speakers do say 'at the bottom of the ocean floor", right? Maybe it's another way of saying "on".0-
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0If I were being 01b00careful02b00 in my speech, I would say something like "What type of life will you find at the bottom of the ocean?" or "What type of life will you find on the ocean floor?" -- but in casual speech, it's pretty easy to think of myself saying your version.02br
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0 As GG said, we'd normally use 'at the bottom of the ocean' or 'on the ocean floor'. To me, the ocean floor can't HAVE a bottom itself - it IS the bottom. After all, you couldn't talk about at the top of the ocean floor. 0-
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0Thanks, nona and GG.0-
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