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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
All the lights suddenly went out/extinguished during the storm.
All the lights suddenly went out/extinguished during the storm.
Do both "went out" and "extinguished" work with the above sample and mean about the same? Thanks.
Do both "went out" and "extinguished" work with the above sample and mean about the same? Thanks.
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Hi Angliholic Extinguish is a transitive verb, in other words, it requires an object : He extinguished the fire . As there is no object in your sentence, extinguish is impossible. CB
- Hi Angliholic Extinguish is a transitive verb, in other words, it requires an object : He extinguished the fire .
- As there is no object in your sentence, extinguish is impossible.
- CB
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Hi Angliholic
Extinguish is a transitive verb, in other words, it requires an object:
He extinguished the fire.
As there is no object in your sentence, extinguish is impossible.
CB
Extinguish is a transitive verb, in other words, it requires an object:
He extinguished the fire.
As there is no object in your sentence, extinguish is impossible.
CB
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Here, it's a standard phrase to say "the lights are out" or "the lights went out" to simply mean there is no electricty. (There wouldn't be any TV or computer or anything else on either, in other words.)
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