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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

a motorcycle raced/ran/hurried by

I was walking to school when a motorcycle raced by.

Hi,
Is it correct to read "raced by" in the above as "ran or hurried by?" Thanks.
  

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Angliholic I was walking to school when a motorcycle raced by. " Thanks. "raced by" means passed by at a high rate of speed.

— RayH

  • Angliholic I was walking to school when a motorcycle raced by.
  • " Thanks.
  • "raced by" means passed by at a high rate of speed.
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AngliholicI was walking to school when a motorcycle raced by.

Hi,
Is it correct to read "raced by" in the above as "ran or hurried by?" Thanks.

"raced by" means passed by at a high rate of speed. Usually the implication is that it was going faster than was safe for the road and the conditions (there were pedestrians present, the road was
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