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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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supplies neither by land nor sea

0Yes, you00 privateer, it00 would be a blockage. But I'm sure I've read things like "They laid seige to the city, allowing in00 supplies neither by land nor sea00," or some such stuff. Does that sound completely wrong?02br
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0A 01i00privateer02i00 is a pirate.02br
01i00Supplies02i00 are food, water, clothing, ammunition, toilet paper, etc.02br
01i00By land or sea02i00 means by ship or by truck / ox cart / wagon /etc.0-
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0 I've also heard privateer be used as a ship. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I've also heard privateer be used as a ship. 02font02br
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00Thta's true. But GG was not calling me a ship. She was calling me a pirate.05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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01cite10User_gary12cite10Yes, you10 privateer, it10 would be a blockage. But I'm sure I've read things like "They laid seige to the city, allowing in10 supplies neither by land nor sea10," or some such stuff. Does that sound completely wrong?12br
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10Please explain the highlighted words12br
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0Just to set the record straight, we were talking about a blocka01b00d02b00e, not a blocka01b00g02b00e (I made a typo) and whether a naval blockade could be described as a seige. I wasn't quoting anything in particular, just taking about the types I things I thought I may have read. 02br
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00You're right - it should be either:
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10You're right - it should be either: 11i10by neither land nor sea12i10, or 11i10neither by land nor by sea12i10 so that the two items are completely parallel. If we were discussing 11i10neither12i10 instead of 11i10blockades12i
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0With all this talk of pirates, I'm having an almost irrestiable urge to say "Arrrrghhh!" I just need Rishonly's parrot on my shoulder.0-
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0Strangely, me too. 050010id1
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