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B. T. - 22 Apr 2007 16:05 GMT

Since the completion of the European Canal to the north of the Danube,
the Pacific Ocean and the Black See have been connected by waters.

With "by waters" I mean ships can reach the Black See from the Pacific
Ocean or vise verse. Do I make the sentence correct?

Thanks

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Einde O'Callaghan - 22 Apr 2007 18:00 GMT

B. T. schrieb:

> Since the completion of the European Canal to the north of the Danube,
> the Pacific Ocean and the Black See have been connected by waters.
>
> With "by waters" I mean ships can reach the Black See from the Pacific
> Ocean or vise verse. Do I make the sentence correct?

It would be "by water" and the name of the sea is the "Black Sea".
However there is nothing new in this - you can already travel by water
from the Black Sea to the Pacific, e.g., via the Dardanelles, the
Mediterranean, the Szez Canal and the Indian Ocean or via the
Dardanelles, the Mediterranean, the Straits of Gibraltar, the Atlantic,
the Caribbean and the Panama Canal.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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B. T. - 23 Apr 2007 07:53 GMT

On 22 Apr., 19:00, Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallag...@planet-
interkom.de> wrote:

> B. T. schrieb:> Since the completion of the European Canal to the north of the Danube,
> > the Pacific Ocean and the Black See have been connected by waters.
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
> Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

In that case I would change my text into :

Since the completion of the European Canal to the north of the Danube,
the Pacific Ocean and the Black Sea have been connected by water
through the European Continent.

Would that be a good propaganda for Regensburg? :-)

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Einde O'Callaghan - 23 Apr 2007 22:33 GMT

B. T. schrieb:

> On 22 Apr., 19:00, Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallag...@planet-
> interkom.de> wrote:
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>
> Would that be a good propaganda for Regensburg? :-)

I think people would still find it a bit strange. For Europeans at least
the more remarkable thing would be an overland water-route from the
Black Sea to the North Sea, which, among other things, would potentially
make water travel from, say, Odessa to Rotterdam much safer.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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