[SpamCop-Social] Re: The Ultimate Easy Quiz

[Guy Macon]

Miss Betsy <nobody> wrote:

>Ok, off the top of my head, dock is where boats tie up; it extends out over
>the water, and one can step directly into the boat from the dock.  One can
>walk out on piers and fish, and ships dock at piers - one can't step from
>the ship or boat to the pier, but need ladders or gangplanks.  wharf is a
>place where ships dock that is on land - I mean the wharf is on land instead
>of out into the water the way docks and piers extend out into the water -
>and that's a pure guess.  I can't remember any wharf  I have been on though
>I must have at some time.

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