[Grammar] A black horseman looms from the gloomy thickets

[Marina Gaidar]

It is correct to say "A black horseman looms from the gloomy thickets" or "A black horseman looms out of the gloomy thickets".

 

[emsr2d2]

It is correct to say "A black horseman looms from the gloomy thickets" or "A black horseman looms out of the gloomy thickets".

I would use "out of". I would be careful with using "A black horseman" - are you talking about the colour of his skin?

 

[Marina Gaidar]

I would use "out of". I would be careful with using "A black horseman" - are you talking about the colour of his skin?

Oh, no actually About the colour of his clothes and of his horse. Racism is not a very common topic for CIS countries, so I haven't taken this into account. Is it really so confusing? How can I express it differently?

 

[emsr2d2]

Oh, no actually About the colour of his clothes and of his horse. Racism is not a very common topic for CIS countries, so I haven't taken this into account. Is it really so confusing? How can I express it differently?

A horseman dressed all in black and mounted on a jet black steed ...