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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Having a puncture / tyre

Can I say,

(a) He drove on / along a path and had a puncture tyre.

(b) He was on the path having a puncture.

(c) One of her tyres was puncture.
  

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) American English speakers would say: (a) He drove on the path and had a punctur ed tire. ) (b) He was on the path with a punctured tire. He was on the path, despite having a punctured tire.

— Kimlrobles

  • ) American English speakers would say: (a) He drove on the path and had a punctur ed tire.
  • ) (b) He was on the path with a punctured tire.
  • He was on the path, despite having a punctured tire.
  • (c) One of her tires was punctured.
  • (The verb was needs to be followed by a past tense main verb, in this case, punctured .
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(In American English tyre is spelt tire.)

American English speakers would say:

(a) He drove on the path and had a punctured tire. (Now both verbs are in the same tense-past.)

(b) He was on the path with a punctured tire. He was on the path, despite having a punctured tire.

(c) One of her tires was punctured. (The verb was needs to be follo
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Hi,

Just wondering ... wouldn't "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/flat_6" be better than "punctured tyre"?

Or does a punctured tyre have a hole, but still some air left in it while a flat tyre has no air whatsoever? (According to Ca
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American custom dictates flat tire. I assumed the writer was using a common British expression. I guess I should have asked. Emotion: wink Kim
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