the waves were too high/violent/strong/large

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Angliholic

#440961 Sat, 10 Nov 07 03:11 PM

I couldn't go swimming in the ocean this weekend because the waves were too high/violent/strong/large.

I wonder if all of the underlined words fit into the above sample and convey the same idea. Your advice? Thanks.

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Feebs11

#441091 Sat, 10 Nov 07 11:34 PM

The only one that doesn't work is "large". The others express the nature of the waves.

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Marius Hancu

#441116 Sun, 11 Nov 07 01:35 AM

I had the same impression, but then I found at the BNC:

http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=large++waves

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Angliholic

#441199 Sun, 11 Nov 07 08:46 AM

Thanks, Feebs and Marius.