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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

hurt and injure?

1) I hurt my arm in a car accident.
2) I injured my arm in an automobile accident.

A: When you use 'hurt,' are you trying to imply that the injury is minor? Or do 'injure' and 'hurt' can be used interchangeably in this kind of example?

B: Do you prefer to use the term 'automobile or auto accident'
more often than 'car accident?'
  

Top answer

teacherJapan When you use 'hurt,' are you trying to imply that the injury is minor? Not necessarily, but 'injury' does sound more serious in most contexts where both might be possible. ' I never — that's right, never — use 'auto' or 'automobile'.

— CalifJim

  • teacherJapan When you use 'hurt,' are you trying to imply that the injury is minor?
  • Not necessarily, but 'injury' does sound more serious in most contexts where both might be possible.
  • ' I never — that's right, never — use 'auto' or 'automobile'.
  • To me it's always 'a car' and 'a car accident'.
  • CJ
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teacherJapanWhen you use 'hurt,' are you trying to imply that the injury is minor?
Not necessarily, but 'injury' does sound more serious in most contexts where both might be possible.
teacherJapanDo you prefer to use the term 'automobile or auto accident' more often than 'car accident?'
I never — that's right, never — use 'a
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Thank you very much, CJ:-) I am glad to know your answer! One of the native speaker's comment (one of those who are in charge of the textbook I teach says that a car accident sounds somewhat strange, but I was very skeptical about that.)
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teacherJapanI was very skeptical about that.
You were right to be skeptical.

By the way, you can also say "traffic accident". They use that a lot in newspapers and on TV news broadcasts.
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Oh, you are right:-) Thank you very much again.
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