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Ask for help > Which one is correct ?
Which one is correct ?
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Pretty3
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Which one is correct ?
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Hi,
can you tell me which one is correct :
The sources of water
or
water sources
or both ????????/
Best Regards |
23 Apr 2012
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ascincoquinas
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water resources may be!? Best wait for native speakers. |
23 Apr 2012
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kmtr
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"water sources" is better.
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23 Apr 2012
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MoodyMoody
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Here �s where kmtr and I will have to agree to disagree. Both are fine, but I actually prefer "sources of water." Why? I could think of a sentence naturally using "sources of water" first. "My city is not near a natural lake or river, and our reservoir often gets low in the summer. We need to find new sources of water soon." Water sources doesn �t sound as good here to me. |
23 Apr 2012
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cunliffe
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I think both terms are fine and it �s not something you hear very often. MoodyMoody makes a good point, I �d probably go with that.
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23 Apr 2012
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ueslteacher
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@ Moody: It would sound great in singular: water source, wouldn �t it? Sophia
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23 Apr 2012
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kmtr
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I don �t disagree with MoodyMoody--I just thought of examples with water sources more quickly! :) "The people got sick because their water source was contaminated" and "The nomadic people in the dessert relied on various water sources to survive."
So I guess they are both fine! |
23 Apr 2012
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Apodo
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Both are fine.
For me, which I use depends on the context:
If they want to live on that island, they �ll need a source of water.
Their main water source is a spring which flows all year round. |
24 Apr 2012
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dafodil
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I think both are right. Such as the correction of the homework or homework correction. |
24 Apr 2012
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