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Vsuresh Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

hound

Hi
Please tell me what this means.

He was hounded like a madman.
  

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He was hounded like a madman. It's ambiguous. If it were my sentence, I'd change it.

  • He was hounded like a madman.
  • It's ambiguous.
  • If it were my sentence, I'd change it.
  • He was hounded in the way that madmen are hounded.
  • He was hounded in the way that madmen hound others.
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vsuresh HiPlease tell me what this means.He was hounded like a madman.
It's ambiguous. If it were my sentence, I'd change it.

He was hounded in the way that madmen are hounded.
He was hounded in the way that madmen hound others.

hounded = harassed

CJ
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CalifJimHe was hounded in the way that madmen are hounded.
Thank you, CJ. This is what I had in my mind as well.

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