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Electrum Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Feinted + gerund, infinitive
He feinted to hit me.
He feinted htting me.
I find only very few instances on line. If I put it in the present tense, the search engine finds feint as a noun for the most part:
He made a feint to hit me.
Anyone have a rule or an opinion?
He feinted htting me.
I find only very few instances on line. If I put it in the present tense, the search engine finds feint as a noun for the most part:
He made a feint to hit me.
Anyone have a rule or an opinion?
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I think you mean: He feigned to hit me. CB
- I think you mean: He feigned to hit me.
- CB
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electrumHe feinted to hit me.Neither sounds idiomatic to me. feint is not often used transitively, but you might say "feinted a hit".
He feinted htting me.
feinted right, feinted left, feinted [to / toward] [the right / the left], feinted toward his opponent, feinted this way and that, feinted with his right hand, feinted with his left ha
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I like feinted instead of feigned because it connotes military action or fencing.
Feinted a hit is not transitive.
Where did you get that list of phrases.
So far I have not managed to get a colon or a question mark on a keyboard in Thailand.
Feinted a hit is not transitive.
Where did you get that list of phrases.
So far I have not managed to get a colon or a question mark on a keyboard in Thailand.
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electrumFeinted a hit is not transitive.
electrumWhere did you get that list of phrases.I made it up after fussing with Google for a while to see what people normally added to "feinted".
CJ
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Good thinking.
I finally settled for, "He feinted as if he'd hit me." I was trying to be terser.
I finally settled for, "He feinted as if he'd hit me." I was trying to be terser.
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electrumHe feinted as if he'd hit me.I suppose that's OK, but isn't "feint" to pretend to hit anyway? So isn't it redundant? He pretended to hit me as if he would hit me.
While I don't have any really serious objection to what you have there, I think I'd have said
He feinted at me with his fist.
... something more li
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CalifJim So isn't it redundant?You may be right, but I have some other possibilities:
He feinted as if he'd stab me.
He feinted as if he'd push me.
He feinted as if he'd grab me.
He feinted as if he'd rush me.
But I see only few such cases on line, so if it is correct, it's obscure.
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