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I jumped because I saw a cockroach.

Did you jump because you saw a cockroach?

Blue Jay Did you jump because you saw a cockroach?

It is possible.
I attended a meeting of the Guild (40 mature ladies and 3 men, all of retirement age) a couple of weeks ago. There was a roach running around on the meeting room floor. I hadn't seen such jumping and squealing since I was in grammar school!

I don't know what Anonymous really wants. Perhaps this:

Q: Why did you jump?
A: I jumped because I saw a cockroach.

ozzourtiI don't know what Anonymous really wants. Perhaps this:Q: Why did you jump?A: I jumped because I saw a cockroach.

Yes. Judging from his/her other questions on the same topic, he/she wants us to do a whole series of exercises on this topic — so he/she doesn't have to do the work, I suspect.

CJ

CalifJimhe/she wants us to do a whole series of exercises on this topic — so he/she doesn't have to do the work, I suspect.

Frame the question:
The English student didn't want to do their own work.

Why did the English student post all those questions on a forum where friendly and helpful teachers would give all the answers?

I don't usually jump when I see a cockroach, but on one memorable occasion I was woken in the night by a palmetto bug crawling across my face. I sat up quite suddenly, and uttered a few words of the "not suitable for mixed company" variety.

Blue JayI don't usually jump when I see a cockroach

In the million years I've lived in this house I have only seen a cockroach once — the very same day, some years ago, that a door-to-door exterminator asked me if I needed his services. I said no. To this day, I still think he planted it in my home somehow.

No. I didn't jump. I just squished him

The trick to catching them is a vacuum cleaner, if you have one handy. They sense sudden air movements, and instinctively run downwind. This helps them avoid being stepped on, but ends badly for them when they meet a vacuum cleaner nozzle. I normally spray a little bug spray in the nozzle, then block it so there's no chance of them finding their way out.

Blue JayThe trick ...

Good information. I'll try to remember that for the next one I find in the next million years I live here!