Question

The boy threw a stone in the water

Answer 1

The sentence that has been provided to us is incorrect and requires correction. The correct sentence will be " The boy threw a stone into the water."

• The proposition that was utilized in the sentence was incorrect and had to be changed to 'into'.
• We use the preposition' in ' to talk about where something is in relation to a larger or bigger area around it.
• We use the preposition ' into ' to talk about the movement of something, usually with a verb that helps to express movement.
• In this sentence the movement of the stone is taking place and therefore the preposition into should be utilized in the sentence.
• Prepositions are those words that help to show the relationship between the elements in the sentence, in this case, the relationship between stone and water.
• Therefore, the sentence will be corrected as " The boy threw a stone into the water."

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