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Hasibrahman Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Feeling frightened I fell

Are these sentences grammatically correct and natural enough?

1) Feeling frightened I fell from the bed tearing/ripping the mosquito net while having a nightmare yesterday.
2) While walking quickly today, I stumbled my little toe on a small broken brick so hard that the nail on it got broken into two and caused much bleeding.
  

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At first, I'm not sure of the answer. I'd just try. There are teachers to correct it anyway.

— Moonrise

  • At first, I'm not sure of the answer.
  • I'd just try.
  • There are teachers to correct it anyway.
  • In regard to the first sentence, I'd change the order because I don't think that you fell from the bed as a result of feeling frightened, but due to having a nightmare.
  • I'm not very convinced of my sentences, though.
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At first, I'm not sure of the answer. I'd just try. There are teachers to correct it anyway.

In regard to the first sentence, I'd change the order because I don't think that you fell from the bed as a result of feeling frightened, but due to having a nightmare. I'm not very convinced of my sentences, though. Because I'm not sure whether I made it clear to the listener that "ripping the

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Hasibrahmannatural

Close to natural, but not exactly. I think you may be trying to say too much in one sentence. Nevertheless, you could do these:

I had a nightmare last night that frightened me so much that I fell out of bed, tearing through the mosquito net in the process.

While hurrying along today, I stumbled on a brick so hard t

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