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HUBLOT Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Barrel
barrel
always followed by an adverb or preposition [no object] US, informal
: to move very fast and often in an uncontrolled or dangerous way
The truck went barreling down Main Street.
She came running out of her office and went barreling past us down the hall.
This usage of "barrel" is informal, isn't it? But is it no problem to use the word in the article below?
Six people on both sides of the border have been charged following a Transport Canada investigation that found an insufficient number of handbrakes were applied to the train that barrelled into the Quebec town almost two years ago. (http://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/national/309066931.html)
always followed by an adverb or preposition [no object] US, informal
: to move very fast and often in an uncontrolled or dangerous way
The truck went barreling down Main Street.
She came running out of her office and went barreling past us down the hall.
This usage of "barrel" is informal, isn't it? But is it no problem to use the word in the article below?
Six people on both sides of the border have been charged following a Transport Canada investigation that found an insufficient number of handbrakes were applied to the train that barrelled into the Quebec town almost two years ago. (http://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/national/309066931.html)
Top answer
Informal and semi-formal expressions are very common in online community newspaper articles.
- Informal and semi-formal expressions are very common in online community newspaper articles.
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Informal and semi-formal expressions are very common in online community newspaper articles.
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