Timeline for A more appropriate word for "bank"
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| Aug 16, 2012 at 5:09 | comment | added | user21497 | ΜετάEd: One instance of a usage doesn't make it idiomatic, does it? I've seen verse and song lyrics that use the structure "for to VERB" (can't find one right now, sorry) and assume that it's merely poetic license. And it's clear that English native-speakers are willing to say anything and claim that it's correct just because they're native speakers. | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 5:08 | comment | added | user21497 | J.R.: I don't understand why sentence 1 is there. It expresses a truism I didn't deny. The 2nd half of the definition I quoted points out how "bank" is used to describe one aspect of the ocean. Therefore, I don't understand why sentence 2 is there. | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 1:34 | comment | added | MetaEd | From one of my favorite songs: "Let us go to the banks of the ocean". chivalry.com/cantaria/lyrics/dutchman.html | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 14:09 | comment | added | J.R. | This is true, but the O.P. wouldn't want to use the word "bank" for when "shore" would be a more suitable word. As a side note, I know some people who work here. | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 13:21 | history | answered | user21497 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |