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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

How to understand this sentence?

Hi,

I have some trouble to understand the following phrase:
"Fishers in wood boats prowl Raja Ampat’s teeming waters as baitfish
circle a tiny island".
Without punctuation, I have troubles to get the right meaning !
Can somebody help to figure out the meaning?

Thanks.
  

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Anonymous Without punctuation, I have troubles to get the right meaning ! It should not have any further punctuation, but perhaps this will help you: Fishers in wood boats prowl Raja Ampat’s teeming waters like baitfish circle a tiny island

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  • Anonymous Without punctuation, I have troubles to get the right meaning !
  • It should not have any further punctuation, but perhaps this will help you: Fishers in wood boats prowl Raja Ampat’s teeming waters like baitfish circle a tiny island
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AnonymousWithout punctuation, I have troubles to get the right meaning !
It should not have any further punctuation, but perhaps this will help you:

Fishers in wood boats prowl Raja Ampat’s teeming waters like baitfish circle a tiny island
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Thanks but I still confused because of succession of names (baitfish, circle, tiny island..) ! I don't know if I should understand them as verb or nouns!
Can you please paraphrase this sentence in other words?

Many thanks.
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Fishers - noun
wood boats - noun
prowl - verb
Raja Ampat’s teeming waters - noun
like - conjunction
baitfish - noun
circle - verb
a tiny island - noun
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