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Grammar and Linguistics > Ditch
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blunderbuster
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Ditch
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Hi,
I am making some sentences that students should put into the passive.
My students do not know the word "dig" yet. Can I say "make a ditch and fill it with water" "put a ditch around the castle and fill it with water" or do the latter sound weird?
Thanks
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12 Dec 2010
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Pinky Makus
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Check you PM.
:)
Edit: Sorry. I got distracted by my son. I just sent you a message.
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12 Dec 2010
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GIOVANNI
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Generally a ditch is made by digging. You can put in a drainage ditch. If you are referring to a real castle I would use moat and not ditch.
"put a ditch around the castle and fill it with water" does sound a little strange to me, unless children are making a sandcastle and they say "put a ditch around the castle and fill it with water", meaning place a ditch, and not dig. |
12 Dec 2010
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blunderbuster
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Thank you,
that is what I have now: "That�s why Richard�s men put a ditch full of water around the castle", so I better use "moat" instead.
My smileys are screwed up...
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12 Dec 2010
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GIOVANNI
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No, it was the city ditch that flowed into the castle �s moat and it produced a foul smell. King Richard didn �t like it at all. |
12 Dec 2010
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GIOVANNI
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You are right. King Richard was a very wise man. But, the poor man dug himself into a hole because he had to endure the smell that surrounded his castle. There is no way that he could dig himself out of that one. Moat, or no moat! |
12 Dec 2010
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