What is the height of water in feet can you swim in without being afraid?

0Hello, we talk about depth of water rather than height.02br
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00What depth water do you feel comfortable in?0-

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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Hello, we talk about depth of water rather than height.12br
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10What depth water do you feel comfortable in?12br
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10Many thanks for your help.12br
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10...but if I want to mention metres or feet with your sentence, how would I ?12br

0 How many feet of water do you feel comfortable swimming in? 0-

0I am simply grateful, Nona.02br
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00Can I ask (for?) one more favour? Could you please tell me if my question is rightly phrased? Is it natural or somwhat odd?02br
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00 Could you please tell me how I can ask a beginner of swimming classes about the height of water he can swim in without being afraid10? In my

0 Could you please tell me how I can ask a beginner of swimming classes about the depth of water he can swim in without being afraid00? In my country the swimming pool (or the water in it) is measured in feet, i.e. while in the pool you can tell the depth of the water (in feet) that you are swimming in. Is the following sentence correct and natural? 0-

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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite11font10What depth water12font10 do you feel comfortable in?12blockquote

10Hi Nona,02br
00did you leave out "of" by mistake or is that ok? I find that structure a little strange, I've never seen it...02br
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0By the way, it was me who posted in hurry-mode 05002br
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00I just think "what depth water" sounds odd and is probably a typo, but I'm not sure, you know, you can't be sure of anything when English is involved... 051010id111id1

0You could say it either way.02br
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00We can drop the 'of' in some constructions but I'm not sure if there is a rule about it. Some other examples02br
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00Or maybe it's just me 050010id10

0No, it's not just you, Nona. 05000 The 'of' is frequently dropped on this side of the pond, too.010id1

0 Oh, I really didn't know that! Thank you.02br
00I was wondering if ...02br
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