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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

hatched through

0He hatched through the ropes with a rock. 02br
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00Can I say that to mean he used a rock like an axe to cut the ropes?02br
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02br 02br 00Sort of, I guess. If you mash the rope between two hard surfaces, striking it with a rock, you will wear away the fibers, I would think. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 02br 02br 00Sort of, I guess.
  • If you mash the rope between two hard surfaces, striking it with a rock, you will wear away the fibers, I would think.
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0Are you sure it wasn't "hacked through"?02br
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00Sort of, I guess. If you mash the rope between two hard surfaces, striking it with a rock, you will wear away the fibers, I would think. Maybe the rock was particularly sharp, which would help.0-
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0After checking the dictionary, it should be hacked through. I thought there was a word for an ancient axe and it sounded like hatch. Any idea, GG?02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Just possibly 'an adze'?02br
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00Clive0-
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0Now I remember, it's hatchet.0-
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0Yes, a hatchet is a small axe, but you'd used "chopped" for an axe or hatchet as your verb normally. "Hacked through" is okay too.0-
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0Thanks, GG. By the way, what's the past tense for hatchet, hatchetted?02br
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00Also, how does chopped through sound to you compared to chopped? For example,02br
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00The strong guy chopped through the tree.0-
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0Hatchet is a 01u00noun02u00 only - it doesn't have a verb form.0-
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0Sorry. I misunderstood GG's post. Thanks for correcting me Nona.0-
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