[General] Does he venture to object?

[Silverobama]

Hi.

Are my two sentences idiomatic? Will native speakers use them?

1) Does he venture to object?
2) The well-built ship stemmed on against a strong current.

I think 1) is okay but I'm not sure about the second one.

 

[tedmc]

Stemmed in the second sentence means made headway against. Thus on against is not required.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hi.

Are my two sentences idiomatic? Will native speakers use them?

1) Does he plan/dare/want to object?

Venture isn't natural.

2) The well-built ship steamed on against a strong current.

I think 1) is okay but I'm not sure about the second one.

Stemmed didn't make sense. Steamed does.

There you go!