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Tempting Apple
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Tempting Apple asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 2 weeks ago

Native English speakers, could you please help me with these issues?

Which is correct:

a) "The crab hid himself UNDER the sand of the beach."

or

b) "The crab hid himself BENEATH the sand of the beach."

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  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago
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    The crab hid/hid himself IN the sand of the beach.

    Beneath the sand would mean he reached another substance -- rock, clay -- and the sand was on top of him.

  • Gretchen S
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Most people would say, “the crab hid under the sand.”  Using it reflexively (hid himself) is not wrong but is not generally used.

  • ?
    2 weeks ago

    both are correct but Beneath the sand sounds better

  • Ben
    Lv 5
    2 weeks ago

    Both are fine. You could also just use "in". 

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    The crab hid himself BENEATH the sand of the beach

    or

    The crab hid himself BENEATH the sand at the beach

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