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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
row a boat
Can I say,
(a) He rows a boat to the village.
(b) He rows a boat (to) across the river.
(c) He rows a boat to the river bank.
(a) He rows a boat to the village.
(b) He rows a boat (to) across the river.
(c) He rows a boat to the river bank.
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Hi, (a) He rows a boat to the village. Yes. (b) He rows a boat to the river.
- Hi, (a) He rows a boat to the village.
- Yes.
- (b) He rows a boat to the river.
- Yes, but it sounds like the river is his destination.
- Perhaps he is rowing in the ocean, and arrives at the river.
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Hi,
(a) He rows a boat to the village. Yes.
(b) He rows a boat to the river. Yes, but it sounds like the river is his destination. Perhaps he is rowing in the ocean, and arrives at the river. This would not be a very common context.
He rows a boat across the river. Yes.
(a) He rows a boat to the village. Yes.
(b) He rows a boat to the river. Yes, but it sounds like the river is his destination. Perhaps he is rowing in the ocean, and arrives at the river. This would not be a very common context.
He rows a boat across the river. Yes.
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