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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

He walked into the hall and pulled open the door.

1font00Is the following sentence correct?02font02br
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01font01b001:02b00 He walked into the hall and 01b00pulled open the door02b00.02font02br
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00I would have written it as:02br
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01b002:02b00 He walked into the hall and 01b00pulled the door to open02b00.0-
  

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12br 12blockquote 10He walked into the hall and opened the door. 0-

— Yoong Liat

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01cite10Jackson661212cite11font10Is the following sentence correct?12font12br
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11font10He walked into the hall and 11b10pulled open the door12b10.12font12br
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10I would have written it as:12br
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11blockquote
11cite20Jackson661222cite21font20Is the following sentence correct?22font22br
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21font21b201:22b20 He walked into the hall and 21b20pulled open th
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1font01b001:02b00 He walked into the hall and 01b00pulled open the door02b00. 02font02br
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00He found the door difficult to open, so he had to use force to open it.0-
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0 Hi Jackson02br
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00Both 01font01b00pulled open the door 02b02font00and01font01b00 02b02font01font01b00pulled the door 02b02font01font01b00open 02b02font
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1font00Is the following sentence correct?02font02br
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01font01b001:02b00 He walked into the hall and 01b00pulled open the door02b00.02font02br
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0 I don't see your problem with this phrase - 01b00he pulled the door open / he pulled open the door 02b00- it is a simple statement of action. 0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10I don't see your problem with this phrase - 11b10he pulled the door open / he pulled open the door 12b10- it is a simple statement of action. 12br
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10Couldn't 01b01i00to02i02b00 be inserted between 01i00p
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0 Hi Jackson, 02br
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00"Pull to open" doesn't work in your context.02br
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00You could use it this way, though:02br
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01i00You have to pull the door to open it. 02i00 ('to' = in order to)0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite11font10Is the following sentence correct?12font12br
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11font11b101:12b10 He walked into the hall and 11b10pulled open the door12b10.12font12br
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10I wo
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01cite10Yankee12cite11font12font10That wording might be used to make sure that the reader understands that the door was not 11i11b10pushed12b10 open12i10 or 11i11b10pried12b10 open12i10, for example11font
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