On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 20:39, Markus <selfishseaho...@gmail.com> wrote:
I've replaced *nearly surrounded by water* with *surrounded by water > on the majority of its border*, but i'm unsure whether this is > clearer. If you or someone has a better idea, please tell me. > >From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula A *peninsula* (Latin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language>: *paeninsula* from *paene* "almost” and *insula* "island") is a piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border while being connected to a mainland <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland> from which it extends. I think the etymology is a useful bit of guidance. The rest is what you have but with a little extra at the end, which may serve to make it clearer. It would probably be sensible to link to that Wikipedia article for clarification. It may help you to also read https://www.diffen.com/difference/Isthmus_vs_Peninsula so you can add the difference between an isthmus and a peninsula (so people don't tag isthmuses as peninsulas). It also has a slightly different explanation of what a peninsula is (a definition that was mentioned here in the past week or so). -- Paul
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