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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Fire vs shoot
Dear users,
I have come across the following sentence:
The soldier ..... his gun at the enemy.
The key says that fired works in this context but shot does not. I do not understand why. Could you please help me?
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Tom
Top answer
fired his gun at is idiomatic, very commonly said. shot his gun at is not wrong but is very rarely said.
- fired his gun at is idiomatic, very commonly said.
- shot his gun at is not wrong but is very rarely said.
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fired his gun at is idiomatic, very commonly said.
shot his gun at is not wrong but is very rarely said.
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AnonymousThe key says that fired works in this context but shot does not.
The key is wrong. While 'fired' is more commonly used, there is nothing grammatically wrong with 'shot'.
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