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[Anonymous]

What is the difference in meaning?please point me out.


1) Water standing by 2 inches high up in his store.

and

2) Water is standing by 2 inches high up in his store.



Thanks

[Pete]

>What is the difference in meaning?please point me out.

1) Water standing by 2 inches high up in his store. [This doesn't make sense; it has no verb.]
>and
2) Water is standing <strike>by</strike> 2 inches <strike>high up</strike> deep in his store. [This means that there is water 2 inches deep on the floor of the store.]