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Expression: "When the fog thickened."



 
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Expression: "When the fog thickened." #1 (permalink) Thu Nov 29, 2007 17:22 pm   Expression: "When the fog thickened."
 

Hi

I just typed this sentence somewhere and wondered whether I was correct. Are the following expressions correct and natural--especially the red parts? If you can think of some other "verbs" carrying the same meanings, please let me know.

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1- When the fog thickened, we decided to call it a day.
2- Once the fog thinned (down?), he sat on his horse and rode away.


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Expression: "When the fog thickened." #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:27 am   Expression: "When the fog thickened."
 

Number 1 is good.

As for number 2, I doubt we would say that. We would usually say that the fog dissipated, evaporated or went away.
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Expression: "When the fog thickened." #3 (permalink) Sat Dec 01, 2007 13:36 pm   Expression: "When the fog thickened."
 

Or:

    - when the fog lifted
    - when the fog cleared
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