copy and paste this google map to your website or blog!
Press copy button and paste into your blog or website.
(Please switch to 'HTML' mode when posting into your blog. Examples: WordPress Example, Blogger Example)
in the water on the water - WordReference Forums In terms of location, it is "in the water", not "on the grass" or "in a tree" or "in the air" or "on a rock" or "on the cat's wrist" If you want to be precise, something "floating" is not "on the top of the water": it is partly below the surface (in the water) and partly above the surface (in the air) Compare a watch on top of a table: all of it is "on" (on top of) the table It is different
Right use of prepositions in, on, under in relation to water The dictionaries do not provide good enough answers for the right use of these prepositions in the following context: The man is IN the water The man is under the water The man is below the water
questions - Can I take have some water? - English Language Learners . . . The most polite and idiomatic way to ask would be "Please may I get some water" "May I have" is also fine, but it sounds like you're asking them to get the water for you "Get" makes it clear you will draw the water from the fountain yourself once you've had the approval to do so It doesn't sound right asking to "take" some water, as it isn't ready to take If the water was bottled that
word usage - under the water vs. in the water - English Language . . . under (the) water (underwater) - in practically all contexts means " underneath or beneath the surface of the water " = submerged " the " is optional depending on the context Here we can see that one end of the column is above the surface while the other is underneath the surface and that means that the column is in the water Had it entirely drowned it would have been under water
Water as a verb - English Language Learners Stack Exchange 29 Water can indeed be used as a verb It means "giving water to something" as in: Watering the plants (pouring water on them so they don't dry out) or Watering the horses (making the horses drink to quench their thirst) The verb water is applied to (living) plants and animals, whereas cleaning is not something you usually associate with those
Do we need a definite article in the water here? The definite article is there to emphasize which water they mean The robbers kidnappers want to make it clear they mean the water of the ocean, not just any water Otherwise the kidnapped man could immediately spit on his toes, then take off his blindfold and recognize his kidnappers :) Even though they leave "which water" unspoken, the implication is clear to the kidnapped man because they
Difference between I want some water and I want water Hi, everybody Is there any difference in meaning between the sentences like (1) I want some water (2) I want water ? In my opinioin, sentence(1) is commonly used in daily situations; but sentence(2) has a specific meaning compared to sentence(1) I think sentence(1) shows that