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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
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Hello, I'm always confused on how to use these words "Want or Nostrial"
Are the following sentence correct? Thank you.
1. Get out of my way, unless you want me to tear that arm out of it socket.
2. The smell burned her nose. (should I have use nostrials?)
Are the following sentence correct? Thank you.
1. Get out of my way, unless you want me to tear that arm out of it socket.
2. The smell burned her nose. (should I have use nostrials?)
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nostril, not nostri a l ! nostril is seldom used except in medicine: Spray once into each nostril. 1 .
- nostril, not nostri a l !
- nostril is seldom used except in medicine: Spray once into each nostril.
- 1 .
- Get out of my way, unless you want me to tear that arm out of it s socket.
- OK as corrected.
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nostril, not nostrial! nostril is seldom used except in medicine: Spray once into each nostril.
1. Get out of my way, unless you want me to tear that arm out of its socket. OK as corrected.
2. The smell burned her nose. OK.
1. Get out of my way, unless you want me to tear that arm out of its socket. OK as corrected.
2. The smell burned her nose. OK.
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"Nostril is rather special, as CJ says. It's okay to say "the Coke went up my nose" (from the inside) or "Up your nose with a rubber hose," but you wouldn't say, "I burned the inside of my left nose." If you were checking the aroma of shish kabob cooking over hot coals, and it suddenly flared up as you inhaled deeply; you might say, "I've burned my nostrils," since "burned my nose" would imply t
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