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Gene93 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Get/catch a second wind

Hello,

Do "get and catch" collocate well with "second wind"? Here's an example:

Breland worked up a sweat in warmups and got/caught her second wind in the first half.


Also, can we say "...and got a second wind in the first half" instead of "....and got/caught her second wind in the first half"? To me, "caught/got her second wind" sounds as if that was expected to happen.


Thank you.

  

Top answer

"Second wind" takes a possessive. It does not thereby have any implication of inevitability. "Get" is usual.

— Anonymous

  • "Second wind" takes a possessive.
  • It does not thereby have any implication of inevitability.
  • "Get" is usual.
  • "Catch" is possible, I guess.
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"Second wind" takes a possessive. It does not thereby have any implication of inevitability.

"Get" is usual. "Catch" is possible, I guess.

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Got/caught "a" second wind would alleviate the implication that it was forthcoming.
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The final thought of the person asking for help was...


"To me, "caught/got her second wind" sounds as if that was expected to happen."


He/She is obviously under the impression that "caught/got" imply expectation o

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Do "get and catch" collocate well with "second wind"? Here's an example:

Breland worked up a sweat in warmups and got/caught her second wind in the first half.

Also, can we say "...and got a second wind in the first half" instead of "....and got/caught her second wind in the first half"? To me, "caught/got her second wind" sounds as if that was expected to happen.

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"I caught my breath."

"She caught her breath."

A second wind is a term for catching one's breath or their breathing returns to normal.

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