I saw an awesoome house....the sea

[Untaught88]

Hi,

I saw an awesome house ....... the sea.
A) into
B) in
C) the

I think ''in'' is correct.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Could it be a houseboat?

 

[Rover_KE]

Where did you find this question, Untaught88?

 

[Tdol]

Something like by the sea would work better for me unless the house is on stilts.

 

[Rover_KE]

I'd still like to hear from Untaught, who thanked and liked my question but did not answer it.

 

[Untaught88]

I just read it somewhere on Facebook a few days ago.

 

[emsr2d2]

On Facebook, was it a question, formed as you have given it in post #1? If not, which preposition did the FB post use?

 

[Untaught88]

I have joined some groups created by non-native speakers. They ask about prepositions. I was just confused about the preposition, but now I have found out this whole sentence is not natural.

 

[emsr2d2]

The whole sentence is only unnatural if you use one of the three choices you gave in post #1. There is nothing unnatural about "I saw an awesome house by the sea" or "I saw an awesome house near the sea".

 

[Tdol]

I have joined some groups created by non-native speakers. They ask about prepositions. I was just confused about the preposition, but now I have found out this whole sentence is not natural.

It is not a good question.

 

[Eckaslike]

The whole sentence is only unnatural if you use one of the three choices you gave in post #1. There is nothing unnatural about "I saw an awesome house by the sea" or "I saw an awesome house near the sea".

Or even, "I saw an awesome house from the sea", if you were viewing it from a boat.

 

[Matthew Wai]

How about 'an awesome house towards the sea'?

Not a teacher.

 

[bhaisahab]

No, that's not natural, Matthew.

 

[tedmc]

You can probably describe these as awesome houses in the sea:
http://www.pangkorlautresort.com/

 

[Eckaslike]

How about 'an awesome house towards the sea'?

Matthew, we would probably just use either "near" or "by" for that meaning in BrE.

However, if we wanted to give someone a general indication of where a house is located within a seaside town, we might say "the house is out towards [or near] the seafront".

 

[Tdol]

You can probably describe these as awesome houses in the sea:
http://www.pangkorlautresort.com/

Houses or chalets?

 

[mawes12]

Is "around the sea" correct?

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think that the sea is around the house, not that the house is around the sea, but I am not a teacher.

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://www.wlwt.com/video/the-weather-channel/a-floating-house-above-the-sea/30879656
A floating house above the sea.

 

[Rover_KE]

That's definitely a misnomer. The house is clearly in contact with solid ground.