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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
cracked my teeth
I fell off a tree and cracked my teeth.
The above is a stand-alone sample, and I find the logic between the first and second predicate strange. So, I wonder if it contains special meanings as it is. YOur advice? Thanks.
The above is a stand-alone sample, and I find the logic between the first and second predicate strange. So, I wonder if it contains special meanings as it is. YOur advice? Thanks.
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Did you write that sentence, Angliholic?
- Did you write that sentence, Angliholic?
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YankeeDid you write that sentence, Angliholic?Thanks, Amy, for your consideration.
No, I didn't father it.
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Hi Angliholic
The whole sentence seems a little odd to me, but not exactly in the way you suggested.
It would be OK to say that you 'fell off a branch or a limb', but you do not typically fall 'off' a tree -- you 'fall out of a tree' or 'fall from a tree'.
Perhaps, the author of the sentence meant 'my teeth slammed together suddenly and made a cracking sou
The whole sentence seems a little odd to me, but not exactly in the way you suggested.
It would be OK to say that you 'fell off a branch or a limb', but you do not typically fall 'off' a tree -- you 'fall out of a tree' or 'fall from a tree'.
Perhaps, the author of the sentence meant 'my teeth slammed together suddenly and made a cracking sou
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