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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

go through amber light

Which is correct?

Do you get fined for going through an amber light?
Do you get fined for going through on amber?
Do you get fined for running through an amber light?
Do you get fined for running through on amber?
Do you get fined for driving through an amber light?
Do you get fined for driving through on amber?
Do you get fined for going through a light on amber?
  

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" We run a light. We don't run through it, but we can go through it. " The only other one I'd ever say is the last one.

  • " We run a light.
  • We don't run through it, but we can go through it.
  • " The only other one I'd ever say is the last one.
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Around here, it's "Do you get fined for running a yellow light?" We run a light. We don't run through it, but we can go through it. Of your choices, the most natural for me is "Do you get fined for going through an amber light?" The only other one I'd ever say is the last one.
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Cultural reference: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000313/: I watched you very carefully. Red light stop, green light go, yellow light go very fast.

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