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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Got up and apologized
Can I say,
(a) John accidentally knocked into a boy. He got up and apologized.
(b) He got the boy up and apologized (to him).
(a) John accidentally knocked into a boy. He got up and apologized.
(b) He got the boy up and apologized (to him).
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Grammatical but a little hard to interpret. (a) John accidentally ran into / fell against a boy. He got up and apologized.
- Grammatical but a little hard to interpret.
- (a) John accidentally ran into / fell against a boy.
- He got up and apologized.
- (b) He helped the boy up and apologized (to him).
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Grammatical but a little hard to interpret.
(a) John accidentally ran into / fell against a boy. He got up and apologized.
(b) He helped the boy up and apologized (to him).
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Grammatical but a little hard to interpret.
(a) John accidentally ran into / fell against a boy. He got up and apologized.
(b) He helped the boy up and apologized (to him).
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No, the image is confusing, Vincent. Did he lift the boy above the ground, like a pumpkin or a package? I think not.
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No, the image is confusing, Vincent. Did he lift the boy above the ground, like a pumpkin or a package? I think not.
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