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Re: Choice of verb
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MCJ <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 05:56:17 +0300
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JR> Right, pigoens coo. Owls hoot (at least Great Horned owls do). Other
JR> birds not only chirp but also tweet. Hawks and eagles screech. There
JR> must be more than this ... I'm a birdwatcher, and this doesn't come
JR> close to the variety of sounds birds make!!

Peep, cackle, whoop.

The words for many animal sounds are onomatopoeic - just imitate them.

Maybe there's a poem somewhere with them all.


Omar

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