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Subject:Re: raising water From:Jeffrey A Pittman <jeffp -at- CLARK -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 14 Jun 1995 10:47:37 -0700
On Tue, 13 Jun 1995, Arlen P. Walker wrote:
> The source of the water will be a lake.
> Will the water be "raised from the lake" or just "taken from the lake"?
> My french is none too good, so you'll have to decide how well it fits, but my
> instinct would be to write "diverted from the lake."
Diversion implies motion, and therefore water diverted from the lake
never entered the lake, as a lake is normally a static body of water.
Diversion is defined as altering the course of an object. You can divert
the use of the water, but you cannot divert water from a static location.
Good luck,
J.P.
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