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Which answer is correct?
It rained for a whole day and water ( ) everywhere.
A. flowed B. flown C.,floated D. flooded
the answer is A, but I'd like to know if D is also OK, thank you so much.
Sep 22, 2023 2:09 PM
Answers · 8
The day’s heavy rains caused a lot of flooding.
The day’s heavy rains flooded the downtown.
Everybody knows that rain/floods involve water.
September 23, 2023
The short answer is yes.
The long answer is it's not a very well-written question. Grammatically, A, C or D could work, but C would be nonsensical sense water can't float. But none of them sound like anything a native would say. Here are some examples that would sound more natural.
It rained for a whole day and there was water everywhere.
It rained for a whole day and there was a lot of flooding.
It rained for a whole day and my neighborhood got flooded.
September 22, 2023
Water can flood a place: "The heavy rainfall flooded his fields." You can say"Everything was flooded." However, "Water flooded everywhere" doesn't work. "There were floods everywhere," for example. That's a noun not a verb.
If this doesn't solve your doubts, I'd recommend looking up "flood" and "everywhere." I'm sure you'll get your head around this.
Cheers!
September 22, 2023
Flooded
September 24, 2023
^^^ since ^^^
September 22, 2023
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