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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

splashing water

0Can I say,02br
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00(a) The boys are splashing water now.02br
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00(b) The boys are splashing water to / at / with / - each other in the swimming pool. 0-
  

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" I'm not sure what your context is here but "splashing water" does not sound right in you example sentence. 0-

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0 (a) "The boys are splashing 01b00around in the02b00 water." I'm not sure what your context is here but "splashing water" does not sound right in you example sentence. "now" doesn't seem necessary since it is clear that whatever is happening is happening now.02br
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00(b) The boys are splashing water 01b00on02b00 each other...
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0(a) is good. In (b), "at" is very common. "To" and "with" are possible in the right context, but quite rare.02br
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00Edit. For (b) "at," I'm picturing the way we used to do it - with cupped hands, pushing the water rapidly away. You could shoot it for quite a distance if the water was at shoulder level.0-
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