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CharmYou Posted 12 years ago
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Can I say "I threw up down the train."

Does this sentence make sense? "I threw up down the train."
What I meant was I vomited after I got off the train.
  

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CharmYou What I meant was I vomited after I got off the train. Then why don't you say, "I threw up after I got off the train" ?

— Ozzourti

  • CharmYou What I meant was I vomited after I got off the train.
  • Then why don't you say, "I threw up after I got off the train" ?
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CharmYouWhat I meant was I vomited after I got off the train.
Then why don't you say, "I threw up after I got off the train"?
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ozzourti CharmYouWhat I meant was I vomited after I got off the train.Then why don't you say, "I threw up after I got off the train"?
I didn't come up with the phrase "get off ..." instead, I created the sentence "I threw up down the train." I want to know if this also makes sense.
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CharmYouI didn't come up with the phrase "get off ..." instead, I created the sentence "I threw up down the train." I want to know if this also makes sense.
Not to me. The word 'down' seems to describe the movement of the vomit, but I have trouble picturing what 'throwing up down the train' would actually look like. Anyway, 'down' certainly does not imply gett
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