Trawl, wade
Hi,
Let’s say that you have a summer job on a farm where you need to pick up strawberries.
Could I use ‘wade’ or ‘trawl’ in the sentence below?
“Tomorrow I’m gonna have to trawl/wade through a number of strawberry plants. I’m sure that I’ll have scratches all over my hands at the end of the day.”
I want to emohasize the action of lifting the individual leaves and parts of the plants in search of the fruit.
Thank you.
Top answer
Ann225 pick up strawberries. Delete the second word. People just pick things from plants.
- Ann225 pick up strawberries.
- Delete the second word.
- People just pick things from plants.
- Your wording is an occasional mistake that even non-native speakers with advanced knowledge of English can make.
- I've heard it before.
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Ann225pick up strawberries.
Delete the second word. People just pick things from plants. Your wording is an occasional mistake that even non-native speakers with advanced knowledge of English can make. I've heard it before.
0trawl doesn't sound right.
wade is more or less ok. We wade through a lengthy and boring task.
a number of a lot of strawberry plants
0Ann225Could I use ‘wade’ or ‘trawl’ in the sentence below?
Of the two, 'wade' might work, but you have better choices, namely, trudge, tramp, traipse, plod, and slog. I'd write it like this:
Tomorrow I’m going to have to trudge (tramp, etc.; your choice) through a strawberry field. I’m sure that I’ll have scratches all
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