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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

a lot of enemies, which stuck him on the road

However, the traffic jam was just like a lot of enemies, whick stuck/trapped him on the road.

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Do both stuck and trapped fit in the above and mean about the same to you? Thanks.
  

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The whole sentence (that is, this part : the traffic jam was just like a lot of enemies ) is odd. Stuck does not work well as a transitive verb; use trapped .

  • The whole sentence (that is, this part : the traffic jam was just like a lot of enemies ) is odd.
  • Stuck does not work well as a transitive verb; use trapped .
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The whole sentence (that is, this part: the traffic jam was just like a lot of enemies) is odd. Stuck does not work well as a transitive verb; use trapped.
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