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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Climbing up the wall
Can I say,
(a) The ants are climbing on the wall.
(b) A colony of ants are climbing up on the wall.
(c) The ants are climbing up the wall / climbing the wall.
(a) The ants are climbing on the wall.
(b) A colony of ants are climbing up on the wall.
(c) The ants are climbing up the wall / climbing the wall.
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(c), part 1, is the most natural and logical. The ants are climbing up the wall.
- (c), part 1, is the most natural and logical.
- The ants are climbing up the wall.
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(c), part 1, is the most natural and logical.
The ants are climbing up the wall.
The ants are climbing up the wall.
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What are the difference between "climbing on the wall" vs "climbing the wall"?
P/s: I would say, "climbing the wall" without "on", what do you think? Isn't incorrect?
Can I say,
(a) A group of ants is / are climbing up to / onto the wall.
(b) A few of ants is / are climbing onto the wall.
P/s: I would say, "climbing the wall" without "on", what do you think? Isn't incorrect?
Can I say,
(a) A group of ants is / are climbing up to / onto the wall.
(b) A few of ants is / are climbing onto the wall.
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Climbing the walls is an idiom meaning going crazy from anxiety.
Climbing the wall means to use climbing gear - ropes, anchors, crampons, and so on - to scale to the top. Wall climbing is a sport - there are places which have interior and exterior walls for exercise and practicing for rock climbing.
Climbing on the wall does not make sense;
Climbing the wall means to use climbing gear - ropes, anchors, crampons, and so on - to scale to the top. Wall climbing is a sport - there are places which have interior and exterior walls for exercise and practicing for rock climbing.
Climbing on the wall does not make sense;
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Can I say,
(a) A group of ants is / are climbing onto the wall.
(b) A few of ants is / are climbing onto the wall.
Which is correct?
(a) A group of ants is / are climbing onto the wall.
(b) A few of ants is / are climbing onto the wall.
Which is correct?
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Yes, this way:
(a) A group of ants are climbing onto the wall.
(b) A few ants are climbing onto the wall.
(a) A group of ants are climbing onto the wall.
(b) A few ants are climbing onto the wall.
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