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Pitch and Roll
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/kinder-ship.html
"A gray dawn broke on Friday with storm winds blowing out of the north northeast at over sixty knots, as the steamer pitched and rolled in waves whitened by wind and pelted by heavy rain."
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pitch_8
According to the dictionary, "pitch" contains some of the meanings of "roll". So does that mean "pitched and rolled" is poorly written and could be simplified to "pitched"?
"A gray dawn broke on Friday with storm winds blowing out of the north northeast at over sixty knots, as the steamer pitched and rolled in waves whitened by wind and pelted by heavy rain."
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pitch_8
According to the dictionary, "pitch" contains some of the meanings of "roll". So does that mean "pitched and rolled" is poorly written and could be simplified to "pitched"?
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So does that mean "pitched and rolled" is poorly written and could be simplified to "pitched"? No, not at all. Pitch and roll is a nautical term used to describe the way a ship at sea reacts to large waves in a storm.
- So does that mean "pitched and rolled" is poorly written and could be simplified to "pitched"?
- No, not at all.
- Pitch and roll is a nautical term used to describe the way a ship at sea reacts to large waves in a storm.
- First the ship will pitch (reach the top of a wave) then roll down the backside of the same wave.
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So does that mean "pitched and rolled" is poorly written and could be simplified to "pitched"?
No, not at all.
Pitch and roll is a nautical term used to describe the way a ship at sea reacts to large waves in a storm. First the ship will pitch (reach the top of a wave) then roll dow
No, not at all.
Pitch and roll is a nautical term used to describe the way a ship at sea reacts to large waves in a storm. First the ship will pitch (reach the top of a wave) then roll dow
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