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Hhtt Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

get oxygen out of water

Original: They use their gills to get oxygen out of the water.

How can we explain above sentence with a different verb, retaining the meaning?

For example are these O.K?

1.They use their gills to obtain oxygen out of the water
2.They use their gills to catch oxygen out of the water.
3.They use their gills to take oxygen out of the water.
4.they use their gills to have oxygen out of the water.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

1. They use their gills to obtain oxygen from the water 2. They use their gills to catch oxygen out of the water.

— GPY

  • 1.
  • They use their gills to obtain oxygen from the water 2.
  • They use their gills to catch oxygen out of the water.
  • 3.
  • They use their gills to take oxygen out of / from the water.
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1. They use their gills to obtain oxygen from the water
2. They use their gills to catch oxygen out of the water.
3. They use their gills to take oxygen out of / from the water.
4. They use their gills to have oxygen out of the water.
They use their gills to extract oxygen from the water.

Note that this is incorrect spacing:

1.T
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1. obtain . . . from . . . OK
2. not OK
3. OK but not great
4 not OK

I'd say extract , , , ,from . . .
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GPY1. They use their gills to obtain oxygen from the water

They use their gills to extract oxygen from the water. Note that this is incorrect spacing:1.They use their gills to obtain oxygen out of the waterThis is correct spacing:1. They use their gills to obtain oxygen out of the water.

What does it mean by "incorrect spacing" ? Your saying "this i
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hhttWhat does it mean by "incorrect spacing" ? Your saying "this is correct spacing" seems to me exactly the same with the incorrect one you say.
Look carefully at the start of the line.
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GPY hhttWhat does it mean by "incorrect spacing" ? Your saying "this is correct spacing" seems to me exactly the same with the incorrect one you say.Look carefully at the start of the line.
Yes I saw the space but why it is so important?

Thank you.
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hhttYes I saw the space but why it is so important?
Because your teacher might deduct points for spacing errors.
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hhttYes I saw the space but why it is so important?
If you saw the space, why did you say that they were "exactly the same"? But no matter ...

It is a convention that there should be a space there. If you omit the space, it makes your writing look just that little bit poorer.
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Clive1. obtain . . . from . . . OK2. not OK3. OK but not great4 not OKI'd say extract , , , ,from . . .
What do you think "extract out of " instead of "extract from" ?

Thank you.
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GPY hhttYes I saw the space but why it is so important?If you saw the space, why did you say that they were "exactly the same"? But no matter ...It is a convention that there should be a space there. If you omit the space, it makes your writing look just that little bit poorer.
At first I did not saw it so I asked you the difference. I will be careful of it fr
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At first I did not see it so I asked you the difference. I will be careful of it from now on.
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