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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

with a bridge

can I say,

The scouts walked across the river / bridge .

The scouts walked across the river with a bridge
  

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Vincent Teo The scouts walked across the river / bridge . ) The scouts walked across the river with a bridge Although this makes perfect sense, we'd never say it. Bridges are too common.

  • Vincent Teo The scouts walked across the river / bridge .
  • ) The scouts walked across the river with a bridge Although this makes perfect sense, we'd never say it.
  • Bridges are too common.
  • Of course the bridge is the means by which we cross the river.
  • We were looking for a bridge so we could cross to the other side of the river.
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Vincent Teo The scouts walked across the river / bridge . Okay, or "walked/waded across the shallow part of the river." (When the water is very low, it's sometimes possible to cross a small river by walking from stone to stone, and never getting your feet wet.)

The scouts walked across the river with a bridge Although this makes perfect sense, we

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