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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
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He drowned into a pool.

Hi

Could you please tell me if both of these sentences are equally natural?

He drowned into a swimming pool.

He drowned in a swimming pool.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom He drowned into a swimming pool. He drowned in a swimming pool.

  • Mr.
  • Tom He drowned into a swimming pool.
  • He drowned in a swimming pool.
  • into implies movement from somewhere else to the pool.
  • That's not how drowning occurs.
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Mr. TomHe drowned into a swimming pool.

He drowned in a swimming pool.
into implies movement from somewhere else to the pool. That's not how drowning occurs.

in implies the place where the dr

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