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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Underneath vs beneath

sir,
please let me know that which of the following sentences are correct:-

1) Titanic is underneath the sea.
2) Titanic is beneath the sea.

and why???
please if you can provide with some proofs of that (like any paragraph of some book containing this sentence)
please reply me soon,,.....

yours sincerely
Rahul Saraswat
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Top answer

Hi, Neither sentence sounds natural to me. I'd say The Titanic is at the bottom of the ocean sea . Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Neither sentence sounds natural to me.
  • I'd say The Titanic is at the bottom of the ocean sea .
  • Clive
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Hi,

Neither sentence sounds natural to me. I'd say

The Titanic is at the bottom of the ocean sea.

Clive
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Clive -- "the ocean sea"? Isn't one or the other enough?
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Hi Khoff,

I crossed out the word 'sea' with a line. I guess it's hard to see.

My thinking was that we say 'the Atlantic ocean', not 'the Atlantic sea'.

Clive
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