His wrong hand
"67 min Lloris makes a spectacular save, springing to his right to palm Coutinho’s rising drive onto the bar. It was a brilliant effort from Coutinho, raked with his left foot from the edge of the box. Lloris went his wrong hand, the left, and pushed it up onto the underside of the bar." (BBS Sport live report.)
Is "his wrong hand" an adverb phrase or a noun one and the direct object of the verb "went" in the comment above?
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anonymous Is "his wrong hand" an adverb phrase I think it is. I take "went" as intransitive here hence "his wrong hand" complements the verb adverbially, the way we say "he went home".
- anonymous Is "his wrong hand" an adverb phrase I think it is.
- I take "went" as intransitive here hence "his wrong hand" complements the verb adverbially, the way we say "he went home".
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anonymousIs "his wrong hand" an adverb phrase
I think it is. I take "went" as intransitive here hence "his wrong hand" complements the verb adverbially, the way we say "he went home".
0Lloris went his wrong hand This is incorrect English. 'Went' is intransitive.
Correct is
eg Lloris went up with his wrong hand
eg Lloris went with his wrong hand
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