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Grammar question 2017-07-01 10:32:15 Post No. 9704242
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Grammar question Anonymous 2017-07-01 10:32:15 Post No. 9704242 [Report]

If a ship without a sail, say a cruise ship, goes from one place to another, can you say it sailed that distance? When it leaves the harbor, can you say it sets sail?
If not, can you give proper alternatives to use in these examples?

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Anonymous 2017-07-01 10:34:49 Post No.9704256
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Anonymous 2017-07-01 10:34:49 Post No.9704256 [Report]

it cruse shipped that distance

it sets cruise ship

Anonymous 2017-07-01 10:43:15 Post No.9704288
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Anonymous 2017-07-01 10:43:15 Post No.9704288 [Report]

>>9704256
T-Thanks

Anonymous 2017-07-01 10:53:13 Post No.9704323
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Nvm, found it already: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/to-sail-without-a-sail.2453293/
Sorry for killing another thread for this one. But if it was all the way down it was probably shit anyway.

Good night anons.

Anonymous 2017-07-01 11:09:17 Post No.9704379
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Anonymous 2017-07-01 11:09:17 Post No.9704379 [Report]

>not having a generic word for that thing that a ship does
lmaoing@the english language

Anonymous 2017-07-01 11:13:49 Post No.9704400
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Sail is fine, OP. The verb obviously comes from when ships used sails primarily, but it's still used as the default verb for traveling by boat/ship even on ships that use engines, though it still does retain it's more specific meaning when you talk about "sailing", people will assume you mean traveling in a sailboat.

But you can still say "the ocean liner sailed from New York to London" and that's a perfectly normal sentence that doesn't misuse the word at all.

Anonymous 2017-07-01 11:47:17 Post No.9704564
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Anonymous 2017-07-01 11:47:17 Post No.9704564 [Report]

>>9704400
Thank you anon, I'll remember that.

Anonymous 2017-07-01 11:49:09 Post No.9704574
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>>9704242
>pic unrelated

No kidding

Anonymous 2017-07-02 01:46:41 Post No.9704926
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Anonymous 2017-07-02 01:46:41 Post No.9704926 [Report]

>>9704242
EAT THE FUCKING BREAD YOU STUPID ANIME

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