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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
commotion + regain conscious
Can I say,
(a) She heard a (loud) commotion and saw a girl who was fainted on the floor.
She took a prompt / quick action (to save the girl)
(b) There was a fainted girl lying on the floor.
(c) There was a girl fainted on the floor. / There was a girl who fainted on the floor.
(d) I quickly rushed there and saw a girl who fainted on the floor.
(e) She saw the people looking at the girl who was fainted on the floor. She immediately
took her prompt action.
(f) Mei Ling fanned the girl and asked the people to move away from Mei Ling.
(a) She heard a (loud) commotion and saw a girl who was fainted on the floor.
She took a prompt / quick action (to save the girl)
(b) There was a fainted girl lying on the floor.
(c) There was a girl fainted on the floor. / There was a girl who fainted on the floor.
(d) I quickly rushed there and saw a girl who fainted on the floor.
(e) She saw the people looking at the girl who was fainted on the floor. She immediately
took her prompt action.
(f) Mei Ling fanned the girl and asked the people to move away from Mei Ling.
Top answer
Hi Vincent, We don't normally use 'fainted' as an adjective, or say that someone 'was fainted'. a) She heard a (loud) commotion and saw a girl who had fainted on the floor. She took prompt action (to save the girl) (b) There was a girl lying on the floor who had fainted.
- Hi Vincent, We don't normally use 'fainted' as an adjective, or say that someone 'was fainted'.
- a) She heard a (loud) commotion and saw a girl who had fainted on the floor.
- She took prompt action (to save the girl) (b) There was a girl lying on the floor who had fainted.
- (c) A girl had fainted on the floor.
- / There was a girl who had fainted on the floor.
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Hi Vincent,
We don't normally use 'fainted' as an adjective, or say that someone 'was fainted'.
a) She heard a (loud) commotion and saw a girl who had fainted on the floor.
She took prompt action (to save the girl)
(b) There was a girl lying on the floor who had fainted.
We don't normally use 'fainted' as an adjective, or say that someone 'was fainted'.
a) She heard a (loud) commotion and saw a girl who had fainted on the floor.
She took prompt action (to save the girl)
(b) There was a girl lying on the floor who had fainted.
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