As soon as the ship

[Bassim]

Would you please correct my mistakes in my sentence. I am not sure if I have punctuated it correctly.

As soon as the ship cast anchor, sailors scrambled ashore, some looking for pubs, some for gambling halls, and some for sexual workers.

 

[Tarheel]

Try:

Right after they cast anchor, the sailors went ashore. Some headed for pubs. Some looked for a casino. Some went looking for prostitutes.

 

[Tarheel]

Bassim, I forgot the second one, then I couldn't edit my post.

(I'm using a so-called smart phone.)

 

[Rover_KE]

I'm only familiar with 'dropped anchor' — not 'cast anchor' (but maybe I should go out to sea more).

The standard euphemism for 'prostitutes' is 'sex workers'.

 

[emsr2d2]

Bassim, I forgot the second one, then I couldn't edit my post.

(I'm using a so-called smart phone.)

I've edited your post for you, adding a sentence for the second idea. It can be fiddly to edit on a smartphone but it should be possible.

 

[BobK]

:up: I haven't met 'cast anchor' either; it gives the impression of a rather light anchor, like a fisherman's fly. But tarheel didn't object - maybe it's Am. Eng...?

(There is scope for casting, though, in that context; when you release your connection to the shore you 'cast off').

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[SoothingDave]

I'm only familiar with 'dropped anchor' — not 'cast anchor' (but maybe I should go out to sea more).

The standard euphemism for 'prostitutes' is 'sex workers'.

Sailors aren't usually known for euphemism. It strikes me as oddly clinical and detached way of describing it.

 

[emsr2d2]

They might even refer to it as simply "looking for sex".

 

[Tarheel]

People cast nets (or fishing lines), not anchors.

The term "sex worker" is used, but not by sailors. (Try hooker.)

 

[BobK]

Sailors aren't usually known for euphemism. It strikes me as oddly clinical and detached way of describing it.

Not only clinical, too PC, I‘d say, in this context.

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