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Wangqh2696122 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Is water correctly used here?
If we abuse water in our daily life, it will soon dry up.
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Hello wangqh2696122, Sorry, but your sentence does not make sense, and your use of the word water is not right. Would I be correct in assuming that you are speaking about pollution or wasting water? If you are speaking about wasting water by not conserving it as a natural resource, then it is possible that the source of the water might dry up.
- Hello wangqh2696122, Sorry, but your sentence does not make sense, and your use of the word water is not right.
- Would I be correct in assuming that you are speaking about pollution or wasting water?
- If you are speaking about wasting water by not conserving it as a natural resource, then it is possible that the source of the water might dry up.
- For example: golf courses were indiscriminately authorized for construction in a certain region of Spain and the result was that the uncontrolled use of water dried up the natural aquifer leaving no water to pump and golf courses immediately turning brown (like the surrounding countryside).
- Not conserving water may leave us without this essential natural resource.
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Hello wangqh2696122,
Sorry, but your sentence does not make sense, and your use of the word water is not right.
Would I be correct in assuming that you are speaking about pollution or wasting water? If you are speaking about wasting water by not conserving it as a natural resource, then it is possible that the source of the water might dry up. For example: golf courses were indi
Sorry, but your sentence does not make sense, and your use of the word water is not right.
Would I be correct in assuming that you are speaking about pollution or wasting water? If you are speaking about wasting water by not conserving it as a natural resource, then it is possible that the source of the water might dry up. For example: golf courses were indi
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Oh, sorry. I didn't make myself understood. My point is:
Do "abuse water" collocate with each other? I am not sure about the use of "abuse".
In your reply, I noticed that you used "misuse water". Can it be replaced by "abuse water"?
Do "abuse water" collocate with each other? I am not sure about the use of "abuse".
In your reply, I noticed that you used "misuse water". Can it be replaced by "abuse water"?
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The definition of "abuse" is: to use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.
If you are abusing water by using it to carry pollutants into the sea (like some corporations) then I would say abuse.
If, on the other hand, you are not using your resources prudently (wasting water), I would say misuse. It's basically the same meaning but "misuse" does not carry with it
If you are abusing water by using it to carry pollutants into the sea (like some corporations) then I would say abuse.
If, on the other hand, you are not using your resources prudently (wasting water), I would say misuse. It's basically the same meaning but "misuse" does not carry with it
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There seems to be some confusion in your perception in the use of "misuse" and "abuse" as far as the use associated to "water" is concerned. If someone opened the faucet faully and let it run while washing vegetables, or took a twenty minute shower everyday, you may say: he is abusing his previlege to the use of water, or
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