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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Crawled out from / of

Can I say,

(a) The dog crawled out from / of the hole (in the gate).

(b) The dog crawled through the hole from / in the fence.

(c) The dog crawled in / into the hole (in the gate).
  

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" I wouldn't use 'in' in the latter because that might mean the dog is already in the hole, crawling.

— Ferdis

  • " I wouldn't use 'in' in the latter because that might mean the dog is already in the hole, crawling.
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Since this is about a hole in a fence -- that is, a hole with no actual volume -- I would use (b): "The dog crawled through the hole in the fence."

For (a) the hole would need to be of a different type, "The dog crawled out of the hole in the ground." Similarly for (c), "The dog crawled into the hole in the ground." I wouldn't use 'in' in the latter because that might mean the dog is alr
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Thanks, Can I say,

(d) The dog crawled in / into the house through the hole.

(e) The dog crawled over the hole.
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