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how to use "dump", does it ever take a preposition?
Are these sentences grammatically correct?
They are dumping a lot so the countryside is contaminated
I dumped all the rubbish out of the bin into the container
Factories dump chemical waste into the rivers
Do not dump the landfill in excess
My boyfriend dumped me
Thank you
30 mars 2017 13:01
Réponses · 3
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In your first sentence I can tell you're translating from Spanish. 'Contaminación' is a false friend here. We would say 'pollution' or a variant of it in this context. It's also more normal to say what they are dumping, it seems a bit incomplete without it.
They are dumping a lot of rubbish and polluting the countryside.
Second numbers two and four are perfect.
Not quite sure 'dump' is the best verb for number three. The 'in excess part' doesn't work. You're saying don't overfill the landfill, right?
30 mars 2017
Normally, the word ''dump'' is used as a normal verb with such meanings as to leave, to drop, to throw, to quit. For me, sentences above sound quite right.
30 mars 2017
All the sentences seem correct. I would only change: "Do not dump into the landfill..." ---- "Dump" can also be used as a noun, like "This place is a dump", which means "This place is messy".
Does this help?
30 mars 2017
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Compétences linguistiques
Anglais, Espagnol
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Anglais
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