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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Which one are natural?
The rain clouds are going away The rain clouds are breaking (up)
We decides to divide the trip into three parts.
We decided to break the trip into three legs.
Which one are natural?
We decides to divide the trip into three parts.
We decided to break the trip into three legs.
Which one are natural?
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All are possible. For some reason it sounds more natural to me to say The clouds are going away or The clouds are breaking up rather than using rain clouds. Maybe because it would be obvious within context that they were rain clouds, and therefore unnecessary to specify.
- All are possible.
- For some reason it sounds more natural to me to say The clouds are going away or The clouds are breaking up rather than using rain clouds.
- Maybe because it would be obvious within context that they were rain clouds, and therefore unnecessary to specify.
- I would also choose three parts over three legs, just because it sounds funny to speak of three legs, even though here leg doesn't refer to a human limb.
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All are possible. For some reason it sounds more natural to me to say The clouds are going away or The clouds are breaking up rather than using rain clouds. Maybe because it would be obvious within context that they were rain clouds, and therefore unnecessary to specify. I would also choose three parts over three legs, just because it sounds funny to speak of thr
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