by or through?
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First, it is not a "sentence". Without knowing the complete context, perhaps it should be "......from Rio to Salvador by sea". Also the "shore" is a land mass that borders the sea.
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not a teacher
And It is an adverbial phrase.
I thought sentence & phrase were synonyms.
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I don't think there aren't equivalent definitions of 'phrase' and 'sentence' in your native language. (I'm sure these terms do exist in all languages and they are all understood in the same way.). Therefore I don't think you couldn't differentiate them even in your language.
This helps open my mind. Thanks!
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"Une phrase" in French is "a sentence" in English. "A phrase" in English is different.
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Phrase in French is sentence in English, and as far as I know it also means phrase. I will try to ask to a French teacher. Sentence in French means condamnation. The difference however exists in Portuguese: Sentença & Frase, like in English.
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Only in a very different context.
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