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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

eject you

Is it correct to use eject actively here?
is this sentence correct?

The seat cushion has springs so when you get up the seat, it ejects you.

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Anonymous The seat cushion has springs so when you get up from the seat, it ejects you. It's grammatically correct, but it has a strange meaning. It means that when you get up you will be thrown violently into the air.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous The seat cushion has springs so when you get up from the seat, it ejects you.
  • It's grammatically correct, but it has a strange meaning.
  • It means that when you get up you will be thrown violently into the air.
  • ) "eject from a seat" is more appropriate to military aircraft, in case you didn't know that.
  • CJ
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AnonymousThe seat cushion has springs so when you get up from the seat, it ejects you.
It's grammatically correct, but it has a strange meaning. It means that when you get up you will be thrown violently into the air. (I hope you are wearing padded clothing, or you will hurt yourself when you come down.)

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CalifJim"eject from a seat" is more appropriate to military aircraft,
If a fighter plane is in danger of crashing, the canopy opens, and the pilot is ejected out of the aircraft. In most cases, he parachutes safely to earth. The plane is destroyed, but the pilot lives to fly again.
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