We saw a deer and a rabbit.

Meaning: This means that we used our eyes to observe a large animal with antlers and a small animal with long ears.

Choice of Words: Saw means to use your eyes to look at something. Deer is a large animal with antlers. Rabbit is a small animal with long ears.

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The deer and the rabbit were seen by us.

Meaning: This means that a specific deer and a specific rabbit were looked at by a group of people, which includes the speaker.

Choice of Words: The is a definite article that means a specific thing or things. Deer is a type of animal with four legs and antlers. And is a conjunction that connects two words or phrases. The is a definite article that means a specific thing or things. Rabbit is another type of animal with four legs and long ears. Were is a past tense verb that means to exist or to be in a particular place. Seen is a past participle of the verb see which means to use your eyes to look at something. By is a preposition that means near or next to something. Us is a pronoun that means a group of people including the speaker.

A deer and a rabbit, we observed.

Meaning: This means that a group of people, which includes the speaker, watched or looked at a deer and a rabbit carefully.

Choice of Words: A is an indefinite article that means one or some of something. Deer is a type of animal with four legs and antlers. And is a conjunction that connects two words or phrases. A is an indefinite article that means one or some of something. Rabbit is another type of animal with four legs and long ears. , is a punctuation mark used to separate items in a list. We means a group of people including the speaker. Observed is a verb that means to watch or look at something carefully.

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