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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Water was dripping down the wall. Does it mean water was dripping on the wall or from the wall?
  

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Walls do not usually create water. The water is coming from another source — a leaky roof or a broken pipe in the attic. Then it seeps through or drips down a wall.

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  • Walls do not usually create water.
  • The water is coming from another source — a leaky roof or a broken pipe in the attic.
  • Then it seeps through or drips down a wall.
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Walls do not usually create water. The water is coming from another source — a leaky roof or a broken pipe in the attic.
Then it seeps through or drips down a wall.

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Should it be the verb 'leak' unstead of 'drip' because there is no drops of water?
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AnonymousShould it be the verb 'leak' unstead of 'drip' because there are no drops of water?
Drip is fine.
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AnonymousShould it be the verb 'leak' unstead of 'drip' because there is no drops of water?
If the water in question moves down a wall as drops, then 'drip' is fine.

Leak is another way of saying it.
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