Mar 8, 2013 · There must be a thread on this topic but somehow I haven't found one yet. When you're asking for a glass/bottle of water in a restaurant, you ask: (1) Can I have a water, please? (2) Can I have a glass/bottle of water, please? (3) Can I have some water, please? Of course, (2) sounds fine. In...

Jun 16, 2016 · Where could I get some water? Is the bold natural? BLUEGLAZE Senior Member. English - USA Jun 16, 2016 #2 ...

Oct 1, 2018 · In terms of location, it is "in the water", not "on the grass" or "in a tree" or "in the air" or "on a rock" or "on the cat's wrist". If you want to be precise, something "floating" is not "on the top of the water": it is partly below the surface (in the water) and partly above the …

Oct 18, 2008 · Get through X like water doesn't sound at all odd to me either, Audi; nor does go through X like water. I might say that I'd expect get to be used with some commodity-thing that is prone to wear out: I don't know how he does it: he gets through socks like water i.e. he wears out and throws away a lot of socks;

Apr 13, 2023 · Note that (in American English) "ice water" doesn't have to have any ice in it. It's just a temperature. My grandmother kept a pitcher of water in the refrigerator, so that she could have a glass of "ice water" any time she liked. The water temperature was …

Sep 25, 2015 · Vik. It's not the clearest definition - the water levels in Lake Titicaca and in the Dead Sea are both horizontal, but differ in altitude by 4,241 metres. If it was possible to join them by a pipe, the water would flow from Titicaca to the Dead Sea until the levels were the same - the water would seek its own level.

Jun 12, 2005 · Lynn V is on the right track. I have such a dog...a Chesapeake Bay Retriever....and he lives to get into the water and fetch, regardless of the temperature. He has the attributes described by London, and would have been a target for those who wanted sled dogs to work in the artic, as would Huskies and related breeds. cheers, Cuchu

Jul 3, 2016 · In "Get in" "get" is a substitute for any verb of motion. In = inside. When used, the place where one should "get in" is always implied by the context: "He opened the car door and told her to get in (i.e. get into the car.) Get into is always followed by a noun/noun phrase/gerund/pronoun, and always concerns actual or figurative motion.

Nov 28, 2012 · You definitely put boats in the water if they are out of the water. But once they are there they can be in or on, depending on many factors. Boats can sail in, on, over, through and across the water. When you say a boat is in the Mediterranean Sea it's not a reference to the water, it's a reference to the geographic area. That's what "in" means.

Apr 27, 2013 · I've thought that BrE uses "ON" for any water vessel like boats or ships, at least I saw the rule in Raymond Murphy's English Gramnar in Use (Cambridge). For instance, I sailed on my father's ship. Let's travel on that small boat!