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Gtech Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Clear Accident
What is "clear an accident", like this:
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/06/nyregion/wet-shoes-and-traffic-delays-a-most-blustery-day.html
"The accident occurred at 1:20 P.M. when a flatbed trailer jackknifed across three lanes of the turnpike near Newark International Airport, Trooper Lee Hendrickson said. ... The police cleared the accident just before 4 P.M., but the combined force of high winds, a driving rain and Friday night traffic left the route jammed until well after dark."
An accident is an event, not a state or object. Should it be changed to "cleared the debris of the accident "?
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/06/nyregion/wet-shoes-and-traffic-delays-a-most-blustery-day.html
"The accident occurred at 1:20 P.M. when a flatbed trailer jackknifed across three lanes of the turnpike near Newark International Airport, Trooper Lee Hendrickson said. ... The police cleared the accident just before 4 P.M., but the combined force of high winds, a driving rain and Friday night traffic left the route jammed until well after dark."
An accident is an event, not a state or object. Should it be changed to "cleared the debris of the accident "?
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An accident is an event, not a state or object. But it results in a state, and it usually leaves objects lying around Should it be changed to "cleared the debris of the accident " ? not necessarily "cleared the accident" means (cleared)(cleaned up) the accident site.
- An accident is an event, not a state or object.
- But it results in a state, and it usually leaves objects lying around Should it be changed to "cleared the debris of the accident " ?
- not necessarily "cleared the accident" means (cleared)(cleaned up) the accident site.
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An accident is an event, not a state or object. But it results in a state, and it usually leaves objects lying around Should it be changed to "cleared the debris of the accident " ? not necessarily "cleared the accident" means (cleared)(cleaned up) the accident site.
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