Re: swimming in, swimming on


"R H Draney" <dadoctah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Sara Lorimer filted:
> >
> >Skitt <skitt99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Adrian Bailey wrote:
> >> > "bridie" wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Which one is correct?
> >> >>
> >> >> The ducks are swimming in the water
> >> >> The ducks are swimming on the water
> >> >
> >> > Both.
> >>
> >> Google results show a ratio of 74:1 for "in".
> >>
> >> Personally, I'd never say it with "on", but some, it seems, would.
> >>
> >> (I Googled on "swimming +in +the water" and "swimming +on +the water".)
> >
> >I would swim in the water, but can imagine ducks doing either.
>
> I can't...by and large, they're anatomically incapable of sinking...the
> Intelligent Designer's little joke is that they can't get down....r

<pause for small groan>

There are a number of species of diving ducks, who swim under water,
foraging in the mud at the bottom for the critters they eat. But that's how
I'd probably describe it -- swimming _under_ water.

But when I see them gliding across the surface, I think of ducks being on
the water.


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