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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Rain drop
Can I say,
(a) The rain drops /dropped into /in the pail.
(b) The ran water / rainwater was collected in a pail.
(c) We collected the rain / raindrops in a pail.
(d) The rain / rainwater is in the pail.
(e) The rain fell into the pail.
(f) We can collect rain / rainwater using (/ in) a pail.
(a) The rain drops /dropped into /in the pail.
(b) The ran water / rainwater was collected in a pail.
(c) We collected the rain / raindrops in a pail.
(d) The rain / rainwater is in the pail.
(e) The rain fell into the pail.
(f) We can collect rain / rainwater using (/ in) a pail.
Top answer
a. into b. rainwater c.
- a.
- into b.
- rainwater c.
- rain or rainwater - this refers to the larger quantity d.
- Some not the because we can't talk about all the rain, but the sentence sounds a little awkward because the context is missing e.
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a. rain...into
b. rainwater
c. rain or rainwater - this refers to the larger quantity
d. Some not the because we can't talk about all the rain, but the sentence sounds a little awkward because the context is missing
e. correct
f. both are correct.
b. rainwater
c. rain or rainwater - this refers to the larger quantity
d. Some not the because we can't talk about all the rain, but the sentence sounds a little awkward because the context is missing
e. correct
f. both are correct.
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