Are both these sentences correct:
a) "Boats couldn't navigate properly without a keel."
b) "Boats couldn't operate properly without a keel."
" Boats don't navigate that way. I think you mean "steer". " Better, but "operate" is too general.
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Christine Christiea) "Boats couldn't navigate properly without a keel."
Boats don't navigate that way. I think you mean "steer".
Christine Christieb) "Boats couldn't operate properly without a keel."
Better, but "operate" is too general.