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Sentence #272605

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Vortarulo Vortarulo September 23, 2011 September 23, 2011 at 8:00:29 PM UTC link Permalink

I think "knee-deep" is written with a hyphen.

Vortarulo Vortarulo September 25, 2011 September 25, 2011 at 11:56:49 AM UTC link Permalink

How are these different? In all three cases "knee-deep" is an adjective.

Vortarulo Vortarulo September 25, 2011 September 25, 2011 at 6:07:53 PM UTC link Permalink

Maybe that's me seeing it from a German perspective. Our punctuation rules are very rigid, so I assume other languages have similar exact rules.

Well, maybe I'm wrong. :)

sacredceltic sacredceltic January 28, 2013 January 28, 2013 at 8:08:14 PM UTC link Permalink

please do not annotate sentences. You may create as many translation variants as you wish, though.

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The snow was knee deep.

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the snow/water was knee/waist/chest/ankle/neck deep.

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the snow was knee deep.

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The snow was knee deep.

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