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Let's look at the sentence: Wild boars dig ground for bugs, worms, grubs and yummy acorns.

This sentence is almost correct, but it needs a little fixing to sound better. It would be better to say: Wild boars dig in the ground for bugs, worms, grubs, and yummy acorns.

Here’s why:

  • We say dig in the ground to show where the boars are digging.
  • It's good to put a comma after grubs when listing many things—that's called the Oxford comma, and it helps to make the list clear.

So now the sentence tells us that wild boars are digging inside the ground to find bugs, worms, grubs, and tasty acorns.


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