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Jonas Kerwald
What's the most common way to say this... what is the most common way to say something like "I'm gonna take a bath on the sea/ocean" or "i'm gonna swim in the sea/ocean" or there is another way that everybody refer to that ?
2 jan. 2013 19:42
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I think it would be "I am going to swim in the ocean" (or "sea"). "gonna" is slang for "going to" and while not everyone likes it, it might sound alright around friends of the same age (less likely to care about "correct" language!). But you wouldn't "have a bath" in the ocean, and you wouldn't do it "on" the ocean (on means at the surface, like a boat).
2 januari 2013
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'I'm going for a dip', is also used. It just means that you are going to go into the sea, therefore you could say it if you were going for a swim or for a bath. It's very relaxed type of speech.
2 januari 2013
I am going to take a bath IN the ocean. I am going to swim in the ocean. I am going to take a bath IN the sea. I am going to swim in the sea. *On is an article. It's used as a function word to indicate position in contact with and supported by the top surface of. Ex: The book is lying on the table. *Gonna is informal. It is slang for going to. Ex: We're gonna win this game today! Hope this helps Jonas!
3 januari 2013
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