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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
finding / searching for
Is there a natural way to say:
(a) The biologist is finding (for) corals in the sea.
(b) He is searching for corals in the water.
(a) The biologist is finding (for) corals in the sea.
(b) He is searching for corals in the water.
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Vincent Teo Is there a natural way to say: (a) The biologist is finding (for) corals in the sea. It sounds strange to me. "Find for" means (in law's terms) "make a decision in favor of or judge to be innocent".
- Vincent Teo Is there a natural way to say: (a) The biologist is finding (for) corals in the sea.
- It sounds strange to me.
- "Find for" means (in law's terms) "make a decision in favor of or judge to be innocent".
- (b) He is searching for corals in the water.
- It's alright.
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Vincent TeoIs there a natural way to say:
(a) The biologist is finding (for) corals in the sea. It sounds strange to me. "Find for" means (in law's terms) "make a decision in favor of or judge to be innocent".
(b) He is searching for corals in the water. It's alright. You can say: "He's looking for corals in the wat
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