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    Default parachute

    There is a big parachute scrunching in a small bag for easy stowage. Tom and Jan are trying to swing the parachute to recover its size and shape because it's badly wrinkled.

    1) . Shall I say,

    "Tom, please swing the parachute."

    Is swing the proper verb to describe the action?
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    2) "....... it's badly wrinkled"

    Is wrinkled the proper word to describe the condition of the parachute.


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    Default Re: parachute

    2) maybe "crumpled"?
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    Default Re: parachute

    I'd shake rather than swing the bag/parachute.
    Last edited by 5jj; 23-Nov-2011 at 10:57. Reason: spacing
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