Thread: покрывать собой

Originally Posted by Soft sign

«Звук произносится» is literally “Sound pronounces itself”. The same thing.
This is a feature of Russian grammar, this is not wrong.
(IMHO)

My point is: it is correct grammatically but wrong semantically. "Земли покрываются лесами" and "Леса покрывают земли" mean different things. First is a process, second is a condition (mostly).

Originally Posted by it-ogo

My point is: it is correct grammatically but wrong semantically. "Земли покрываются лесами" and "Леса покрывают земли" mean different things. First is a process, second is a condition (mostly).

Yes, you're right.
«Земли покрываются лесами» is definitely a process.
«Леса покрывают земли» — either condition or process.
«Леса покрывают собой земли» — either condition or process.