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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Fell to the floor

Can I say,

(a) Meng fell and dropped the bowl of soup from his hands to / onto the floor.

(b) Meng fell down and the hot soup was dropped by his hands fell to / onto the floor.

(c) Meng fell down and dropped the soup out of his hands to the floor.
  

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(a) Meng fell and dropped the bowl of soup on(to ) the floor. (b) Meng fell down and the hot soup fell to / on(to) the floor. (c) Meng fell down and dropped the soup on(to) the floor.

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  • (a) Meng fell and dropped the bowl of soup on(to ) the floor.
  • (b) Meng fell down and the hot soup fell to / on(to) the floor.
  • (c) Meng fell down and dropped the soup on(to) the floor.
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(a) Meng fell and dropped the bowl of soup on(to) the floor.
(b) Meng fell down and the hot soup fell to / on(to) the floor.
(c) Meng fell down and dropped the soup on(to) the floor.
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(a) I suppose both "to" and "onto" are OK, but for me it would be more natural to say "Meng fell and the bowl of soup dropped from his hands to the floor."

(b) Ungrammatical. It should be "...was dropped by his hands and fell to/onto..." However, this is still not very natural. It's not usual to say that something is "dropped by someone's hands".

(c) Not very natural.
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