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x.mehrdad
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Wed, 23 Mar 05 02:22 AM
Hello,
I have some doubts about the structure of the following sentence, would you mind telling me if there is anything wrong:'I saw all that splendid architecture turned into sand castles melting into the sea, and ebbing away by the flow of a smooth tide.'
Thank you
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pieanne
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Wed, 23 Mar 05 09:37 AM
Hello, XM,
I'd say: "... and ebbing away with the flow of a smooth tide."
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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...
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x.mehrdad
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Wed, 23 Mar 05 03:56 PM
Hello pieanne
You are right, there is something wrong with that, but I think it should be 'ebbed away by'.
Thank you
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pieanne
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Wed, 23 Mar 05 04:10 PM
Cher ami!
'I saw all that splendid architecture turned into sand castles melting into the sea, and ebbing away by the flow of a smooth tide.'
I checked "ebb", it's not transitive, so you can't use it in the passive voice, so "*ebbed by" isn't correct.
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x.mehrdad
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Wed, 23 Mar 05 04:34 PM
Are you sure pieanne, the phrsal verb 'ebb away' is not neither transitive?
" un grand merci"
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pieanne
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Wed, 23 Mar 05 05:02 PM
As sure as I can be ... which leaves some margin!
Mais de rien!
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x.mehrdad
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Wed, 23 Mar 05 09:20 PM
Hello again pianne,
I know that I am a headache, but would you mind to take a look at the final cut:
'I saw all that splendid architecture turned into the sand castles, melting into the sea, and ebbed away with the flow back of a smooth tide.'
"Tu es formidable"
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pieanne
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Thu, 24 Mar 05 09:06 AM
Let me try:
"I saw all that splendid architecture turned /have you considered "'turn'?/into sand castles, melting into the sea, and ebbed away with the backflow of a smooth tide"
You could also use -ing forms everywhere:
"... turning int sand castles, melting into the sea, and ebbing away with the backflow of a smooth tide"
(the flow back doesn't make sense to me...)
C'est trop!
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x.mehrdad
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Thu, 24 Mar 05 02:51 PM
Hello piean,
You are right about the flow back, and first one looks pretty good with"turn". Thank you
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