Posted by pakguru on March 24th, 2016 | 0 comments | EAP, grammar, IELTS, Into English, melalui, melewati, melintasi, menyebrangi, prepositions, Task 1, vocabulary, writing
The fallopian tube is a tunnel which will be passed by the sperm on its way to the egg.
This might be possible if all the sperm does is pass by the entrance to the tunnel without actually entering it. But then it won’t be on its way to the egg, it will be on its way somewhere else!
If you want to say that the sperm enters the tunnel, travels along it and then meets the egg, you need to use a preposition that carries that meaning:
Compare these situations:
Indonesians take care when you’re translating melalui, melintasi, menyebrangi, and melewati.
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