The winding road snakes through / up the mountain

[alpacinou]

Hello

Which one is correct?

The village is on top of the mountain. The only way to get there is a winding dirt road that snakes up the mountain.

The village is on top of the mountain. The only way to get there is a winding dirt road that snakes through the mountain.

 

[Tarheel]

The road doesn't go through the mountain, does it?

 

[GoesStation]

The road doesn't go through the mountain, does it?

It does if it runs through a sinuous tunnel.

 

[jutfrank]

You could say the road snakes through the mountains.

 

[alpacinou]

You could say the road snakes through the mountains.

So, is this sentence completely okay?

The village is on top of the mountain. The only way to get there is a winding dirt road that snakes through the mountain.


The thing is there are no tunnels on the way. It's a winding road that swirls up towards the village.

 

[jutfrank]

No, we're saying it's completely not okay.

 

[Skrej]

No. If you're going to use 'mountain', you need the plural. The road snakes through the mountains - in other words, between them.

For it to snake through the mountain, it would have to be a winding tunnel, as per post #3.

I realize it's a subtle difference and a bit tricky to understand why it means 'between' with the plural, and 'curving inside' with the singular, but hey - English!

 

[alpacinou]

How can I use "snake" as a verb to talk about a winding dirt road like this?

https://dissolve.com/stock-photo/Winding-Dirt-royalty-free-image/101-D145-58-479

 

[Tarheel]

Yes. (You already did, didn't you?) We use that word sometimes to describe a winding road. (Like a snake.) Of course, the road itself doesn't really go anywhere.

 

[GoesStation]

How can I use "snake" as a verb to talk about a winding dirt road like this?

https://dissolve.com/stock-photo/Winding-Dirt-royalty-free-image/101-D145-58-479

You could say that road snakes around the mountain.

 

[jutfrank]

You could say that road snakes around the mountain.

Yes, or as we've said, through the mountains.

The point we're making, alpacinoutd, is that a road cannot go through a single mountain (unless it's in a tunnel).

 

[alpacinou]

Thanks everyone. Just be certain.

Is this sentence completely okay?

The village is on top of the mountains. The only way to get there is a winding dirt road that snakes around the mountains.

 

[GoesStation]

Is this sentence completely okay?

The village is [STRIKE]on top of[/STRIKE] high in the mountains. The only way to get there is on a winding dirt road that snakes around the mountains.

It is now.