Reply With Quote"Dotted" is used to refer to things scattered on a macro scale, not books in a room. i would replace the word with "strewn across".
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22-Oct-2020, 14:16 #1
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dotted the floor
Hello.
Have I used "dot" correctly and naturally?
His books dotted the dusty floor.
I want to say the books were scattered across the floor.
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22-Oct-2020, 16:24 #2
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Re: dotted the floor
I am not a teacher or a native speaker.
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22-Oct-2020, 19:49 #3
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Re: dotted the floor
Thanks. Let's also see what natives say.
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22-Oct-2020, 20:32 #4
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Re: dotted the floor
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Originally Posted by alpacinoutd
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22-Oct-2020, 20:36 #5
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Re: dotted the floor
What do you think about using "dot" in that way? Originally Posted by Piscean
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23-Oct-2020, 14:34 #6
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Re: dotted the floor
Just so I'm clear, "dot" doesn't work in the sentence in post #1?
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23-Oct-2020, 14:45 #7
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Re: dotted the floor
To be clear, no, it doesn't. Originally Posted by alpacinoutd
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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23-Oct-2020, 15:01 #8
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Re: dotted the floor
Ted did suggest that in post #2. Originally Posted by alpacinoutd
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27-Oct-2020, 23:17 #9
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Re: dotted the floor
No, it doesn't. Originally Posted by alpacinoutd
I'm not a teacher. I speak American English. I've tutored writing at the University of Southern Maine and have done a good deal of copy editing and writing, occasionally for publication.
