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Silencio Tarsier Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Navy tug boats support the ex-USS Kitty Hawks

navy tug boats support the ex-USS Kitty Hawk's in its final transit from Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington to a shipbreaking facility in Texas.


I dont really understand this sentence.

it navy in its final transit or boats or Kitty Hawks?

why is there " 's " following Hawk, and what does it mean?

  

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Silencio Tarsier I dont really understand this sentence. Either you or someone else copied it wrong, that's all. It should read "Navy tug boats support the ex-USS Kitty Hawk’s towing in its final transit from Naval Base Kitsap – Bremerton, Washington, Jan.

  • Silencio Tarsier I dont really understand this sentence.
  • Either you or someone else copied it wrong, that's all.
  • It should read "Navy tug boats support the ex-USS Kitty Hawk’s towing in its final transit from Naval Base Kitsap – Bremerton, Washington, Jan.
  • " That isn't much better, I grant you, but at least it is nominally grammatical.
  • It is her towing that the tugboats support, but that is a strange way to put it.
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Silencio TarsierI dont really understand this sentence.

Either you or someone else copied it wrong, that's all. It should read "Navy tug boats support the ex-USS Kitty Hawk’s towing in its final transit from Naval Base Kitsap – Bremerton, Washington, Jan. 15, 2022, to a shipbreaking facility in Brownsville, Texas." That isn't much better, I grant you, but a

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