a pebble in the water makes a ripple effect.. how to rephrase it?thx:)

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a pebble in the water  makes a ripple effect.. how to rephrase it?thx:)

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Hi bean,

I would rephrase the sentence as: "A pebble thrown into water causes ripples."

I don't like Kameron's paraphrases.  It's the water that ripples, not the pebble!

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Each is more liberal a paraphrase than the previous.

A pebble ripples when thrown into water.
A pebble ripples.
Pebbles ripple.