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California oceans? Does it have more than one?
by ainiriand 7y ago
California oceans? Does it have more than one?
- warent 7y agoI think it's pretty common to refer to a single body of water in plural form. Probably because it's so massive or maybe just due to the nature of liquid. For example: sailing the waters; a ship got caught in the stormy seas; etc.
- theli0nheart 7y agoNot in this case. You can pull that trick when the object is general, and it applies to more than just bodies of water. In this case, we’re talking about the Pacific Ocean, which is California’s ocean (of which there is only one ;) ).
- spurgu 7y agoBodies of water like lakes yes. Stormy seas would refer to the state of the sea (i.e. wavy, amount of unrest). An ocean is always an ocean and California is only connected to one of those. Coastal waters is clearly the correct term as they didn't do measurements across the whole Pacific (didn't read the source articles linked though), only around the coastline of California. So either "California coast" or rather "California coastal waters", since the article is talking about the watery part of the coast, not the "landy" part.
- zyang 7y agoYou have to be more pacific.
- spurgu 7y agoYeah the original title mentions "coastal waters" which is clearly the correct term, not sure why you're getting downvoted.
- WiseWeasel 7y agoDon’t forget the Salton Sea. Never forget.
- ainiriand 7y agoI have just googled that and it blew my mind! A fascinating story.