Jumanah Does "Quite apart from" mean "as well as"?! In addition to, and separately from Jumanah the "Montauk monster", washed up on the beach in Montauk. The waves carried and deposited the monster's body on the shore.
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JumanahDoes "Quite apart from" mean "as well as"?!In addition to, and separately from
Jumanahthe "Montauk monster", washed up on the beach in Montauk.The waves carried and deposited the monster's body on the shore.
JumanahAnd does "washed up" in this sentence mean "deposit"?Not exactly. The action of water is the agent. It means that the monster's body floated on the waves and currents which pushed it onto the beach. Lots of trash is discarded from ships and carried to shore by waves and water currents.