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29-Oct-2007, 23:41
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Current Location: Homesweethome First Language: Taiwanese/Mandarin Member Type: Student or Learner | |  I'm going to plant orchards on it.
A: What are you going to do with your land?
B: I'm going to plant orchards on it.
The lline in bold sounds lame to me. I feel like rewording it as the following: I'm going to plant fruits on it. I'm going to make it into orchards.
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29-Oct-2007, 23:55
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Current Location: Washington State First Language: American English Member Type: Other | | Re: I'm going to plant orchards on it.
I plan to cover it in orchards.
It shall become bountiful orchards.
"Orchards," exclaimed the new owner, "Orchards my boy, it shall bring forth a superfluity of fruit!" 
Wholeman |
30-Oct-2007, 00:21
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Current Location: Homesweethome First Language: Taiwanese/Mandarin Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: I'm going to plant orchards on it.
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Originally Posted by Wholeman  I plan to cover it in orchards.
It shall become bountiful orchards.
"Orchards," exclaimed the new owner, "Orchards my boy, it shall bring forth a superfluity of fruit!"
Wholeman | Thanks, Wholeman, for the beautiful and expressive wording.
I can assert that you're a master with words.
But does the origanal sentence sound right to you? |
30-Oct-2007, 00:35
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Yes, it is fine, however as you stated, it is rather uninformative and bland.
Apple Orchards, Peach Orchards, Cherry Orchards, Orange Orchards, Avocado Orchards, all are at least a little more informative than simply Orchards.
Wholeman |
30-Oct-2007, 00:42
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Originally Posted by Wholeman Yes, it is fine, however as you stated, it is rather uninformative and bland.
Apple Orchards, Peach Orchards, Cherry Orchards, Orange Orchards, Avocado Orchards, all are at least a little more informative than simply Orchards.
Wholeman | Thanks, Wholeman, for your informative and entertaining versions.
You're genuinely good at words.
For what it's worth, are you a major of literature? |
30-Oct-2007, 00:44
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Ah... no, I'm an Author.
Wholeman |
30-Oct-2007, 00:48
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Originally Posted by Wholeman Ah... no, I'm an Author.
Wholeman | Thanks, Wholeman.
I'd expect you said you are a writer.
I doubt whether a writer is equivalent to an Author. |
30-Oct-2007, 00:53
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It mostly depends on just how verbose you are.
Authors are writers, but not all writers are authors.
Newspaper reporters are writers, but seldom are they authors.
I hope that explains the difference to you.
Wholeman |
30-Oct-2007, 01:16
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Originally Posted by Wholeman It mostly depends on just how verbose you are.
Authors are writers, but not all writers are authors.
Newspaper reporters are writers, but seldom are they authors.
I hope that explains the difference to you.
Wholeman | Thanks, Wholeman, for the subtle and tricky response.
As far as my knowledge goes, an author has one of the connotations, to wit, fathering a few books. | |
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