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Navitasan Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

A bullet was not in the gun

What does:
1-A bullet was not in the gun.
mean (if it means anything)?

a-There was no bullet in the gun.
b-A bullet was missing in the gun.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

Top answer

The sentence sounds a bit strange. It would be more common to say There was no bullet in the gun.

  • The sentence sounds a bit strange.
  • It would be more common to say There was no bullet in the gun.
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The sentence sounds a bit strange. It would be more common to say There was no bullet in the gun.
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If there were no bullets at all in the gun, the most common expressions are The gun was not loaded or The gun was empty.

Clive

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