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Grapepark Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
drawing out water from the depths of the ground
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Hand pumps can't be used to pump water from the depths of the ground.
Hand pumps can't be used to pump water from the depths of the ground.
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I would change it just a bit: A hand pump can't be used to pump water from the depths of the earth.
- I would change it just a bit: A hand pump can't be used to pump water from the depths of the earth.
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I would change it just a bit:
A hand pump can't be used to pump water from the depths of the earth.
A hand pump can't be used to pump water from the depths of the earth.
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Wholly apart from grammar issues, your sentence is inaccurate - there are hand pumps that can operate to draw water from practically any depth, although, of course, the deeper the water, the more difficult it is to draw water from the well.
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