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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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to float a river
0 First I went trekking in northern Thailand among villages of the poppy-tending tribes hidden in the hills of the Golden Triangle. After riding elephants through the forest and building a bamboo raft 01 b 00 to float a river 02 b 00 , I could have stopped. 02 br
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00 Is the bolded phrase correct? Shouldn't it be "to be floated on a river" or something? When you float something, you make that thing float, isn't it? 02 br
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00 Is the bolded phrase correct? Shouldn't it be "to be floated on a river" or something? When you float something, you make that thing float, isn't it? 02 br
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0 Seems fine per the experts: 02 br 02 br 01 b 00 53 02 b 00 on 01 b 00 "float a river" 02 b 02 br 02 br 05 0 02 br 00 --------- 02 br 05 1 02 br 02 br 00 by Clayne R. q=:%22Nature%22c Nature
- 0 Seems fine per the experts: 02 br 02 br 01 b 00 53 02 b 00 on 01 b 00 "float a river" 02 b 02 br 02 br 05 0 02 br 00 --------- 02 br 05 1 02 br 02 br 00 by Clayne R.
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0 Seems fine per the experts: 02 br
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00 by Clayne R. Jensen, Steven Guthrie - 05 2 00 - 2006 - 373 pages 02 br
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00 by Clayne R. Jensen, Steven Guthrie - 05 2 00 - 2006 - 373 pages 02 br
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 'Float down a river' is much more commonly said than 'float a river'. 02 br
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00 'Float down a river' is much more commonly said than 'float a river'. 02 br
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0 I agree with Clive, but it seems people doing that have their special jargon ... 0-
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