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Cboutin3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Should it be in or within?

Drizzt and his companions defeated the Ashmadai, and then traveled through the underground tunnels in/within the cave to reach Gauntlgrym.
  

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A cave is a big hole in the earth. There can be no tunnels within (or in) a cave. There can be tunnels leading from or into a cave

— AlpheccaStars

  • A cave is a big hole in the earth.
  • There can be no tunnels within (or in) a cave.
  • There can be tunnels leading from or into a cave
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A cave is a big hole in the earth. There can be no tunnels within (or in) a cave. There can be tunnels leading from or into a cave
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Thanks, is this a better wording? Drizzt and his companions defeated the Ashmadai, and then traveled through the tunnels to reach Gauntlgrym.
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cboutin3Thanks, is this a better wording? Drizzt and his companions defeated the Ashmadai, and then traveled through the tunnels to reach Gauntlgrym.
Yes. I only objected to tunnels being inside a cave.
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AlpheccaStarsI only objected to tunnels being inside a cave.
I know they usually are called passages, but wouldn't the passages effectively be tunnels?
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