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[mamei]

hi, thank you so much everytime you taught me.
it really helps me.

today's question,

i went to the sea yesterday for surfing, my body feel not cold cause i wearing wet suit. but when my face in the water (when i fall down)
i felt so freezing.
i want to explain avobe this, how do i say..??

here is sentence that i thought.
*The water is clear but freezing to death when my face in the water.
*The water is clear but freezing to death when my face put in the water.

I don't know how to express this condition that my face into the water.

Thanks

[advoca]

Hi Mamei,

Ooh! There are quite a lot of errors in the English.

So, may I suggest a better way to write your message?

I went surfing yesterday. (Where else but the sea can you go surfing? There is no need to mention the sea) I didn�t feel cold because I wore a wet suit. (Past tense. You wore the wet suit yesterday) I fell down and my face was in the water. It was clear but it was very cold. Suddenly, I felt as though I was freezing to death.

Note: water cannot freeze to death! You can! And the water was clear (and very cold) before you put your face in it. It did not change when you put your face in it. But you did not feel cold at first because you had a wet suit on. But when you put you face in the water (when you fell down) you felt the water was freezing.

I hope this helps.