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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
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Busted open and the negative pressure...

Hi

Are the underlined natural phrases?

(A passenger of a plane that suffered an engine failure tells the details...)

One of the window busted open and the negative pressure nearly pulled out the woman sitting there.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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To me, "busted open" may be natural but it is very informal/low register. You would not see it in a newspaper article, or hear it from a news announcer, unless it was quoting someone directly ("broke open' or "burst open" would be more neutral in register). Also, it should be "one of the windows. . . "

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