Surronded/edged by/with rocks

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Ant_222

#515007 Sat, 17 May 08 10:47 PM

Good time_of_day to everybody!

Could you please revise the little sentece below and tell me what's wrong with it, and which of the alternative words you'd choose.

"From/In the south the forest was surrouded/edged by/with rocks"

Thanks in advence for your help,
Anton

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MrPedantic

#515009 Sat, 17 May 08 10:57 PM

Hello Ant,

"From the south" suggests a viewpoint; so "in the south" would be better. But you might consider "On its south side".

"Edged with" suggests decorative intent on someone's part, so I would exclude that. On the other hand, "surrounded" implies "encircled"; so you couldn't be surrounded on the south side only. "Bordered with" might work, though.

Best wishes,

MrP

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Huevos

#515010 Sat, 17 May 08 10:59 PM

Ant_222
From/In

Both work but "from the south" suggests movement. I would use "in the south".

Ant_222
rocks

Can you expand on that? I have trouble forming the image from that description.

Ant_222
surrouded/edged by/with

Maybe "bordered by".

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Ant_222

#515137 Sun, 18 May 08 09:50 AM

Thank you, MrPedantic and Huevos.

Huevos
Ant_222
rocks
Can you expand on that? I have trouble forming the image from that description.

I mean a ridge of rocks, but it had been mentioned so many times earlier in the game that there should be no counfusion about what kind of rocks it is.

Ant_222