1) You can get a good view by climbing the mountain.
2) You can get a good view by climbing mountains.
1) is a result of Google Translation. I did not provide any context for its Japanese sentence. Is the sentence 2) wrong or inappropriate? If so, I appreciate some explanation.
Thanks a lot.
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@ken posted:1) You can get a good view by climbing the mountain.
2) You can get a good view by climbing mountains.
. . . Is the sentence 2) wrong or inappropriate?
Hi, Ken—Both sentences are fine. (1) means: "If you climb the mountain, you can get a good view." (2) means: "If you climb mountains, you can get a good view." Do you want to talk about one specific mountain or about mountains in general?
Thank you very much, David!
>talking about one specific mountain or about mountains in general
That's exactly the thing I wanted to know. I tried to make an example sentence for a generalized statement, but Professor Google failed to produce one.
