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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

A short sentence validation

I wrote the below sentence and I'd like to know to whether or not this is right.

He strongly stabbed me on the side and I came near to being instantly killed.

In advance, thank you for your help.
  

Top answer

park sang joon He strongly stabbed me on the side and I came near to being instantly killed. Almost but not really. It boils down to word choices.

  • park sang joon He strongly stabbed me on the side and I came near to being instantly killed.
  • Almost but not really.
  • It boils down to word choices.
  • Consider: He fiercely stabbed me on the side and I came so close to being dead.
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36 Answers
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park sang joonHe strongly stabbed me on the side and I came near to being instantly killed.
Almost but not really. It boils down to word choices. Consider: He fiercely stabbed me on the side and I came so close to being dead.
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I am not the expert at English, but my answer follows

He strongly stabbed me, on the side, and I was near to killed.
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Thank you my sincere helper grammarfreak for your validation.

I will look into dictionaries for an accurate analysis^^

Once more, thank you very much
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I don't like 'strongly stabbed'.

How about "He stabbed me savagely in the side; almost killing me"?
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sameer666I am not the expert at English, but my answer followsHe strongly stabbed me, on the side, and I was near to killed.
No, not only did you follow the wrong path, but you also dug a new one for yourself....... He strongly stabbed me, on the side
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I know i missed to be. New to forum, so didn't knew how to correct it.
Corrected:

He strongly stabbed me, on the side, and I was near to be killed
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Neither 'strongly stabbed' nor 'near to killed' is natural English.
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sameer666I know i missed to be. New to forum, so didn't knew how to correct it.
You still don't realize where you mistakes were. 'to' is never followed by past participle, so 'to killed' is bad English. Additionally, 'i' should be capitalized, and 'didn't knew' is double past tense which is wrong. It should be ' I didn't kno
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My intention is to learning by helping others. By no means I said I am an expert or my answer is perfect. People on this forum generally this friendly ?
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Most of the time we are a pretty friendly crowd. Emotion: smile
Learners can often help other learners, because they have personal experience

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