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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Hurt, sound + ing?
Is it possible to use these verbs 'sound' and 'hurt' in the Continuous Tenses? Are these sentences correct? My leg has been hurting since Monday. There was music sounding from the house.' Help, please. I am at a loss.
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The sentence, "My leg has been hurting since Monday.", is correct.
The sentence, "There was music sounding from the house.", is theoretically correct from a purely grammatical point of view, but awkward. You'd say this as: "There was music coming from the house." However, "sounding" can be used in other situations, for example: "That new number you've been rehearsing is sounding great
The sentence, "There was music sounding from the house.", is theoretically correct from a purely grammatical point of view, but awkward. You'd say this as: "There was music coming from the house." However, "sounding" can be used in other situations, for example: "That new number you've been rehearsing is sounding great
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Hi,
Generally speaking, they can be used in the progressive tenses, yet they aren't commonly used like this.
You can use hurting as in 'Jim is hurting me'. However, 'My leg hurt/s' is the correct form.
Sound is rarely used in the progressive tenses. Likewise, 'There was music sounded from the house' is the
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Generally speaking, they can be used in the progressive tenses, yet they aren't commonly used like this.
You can use hurting as in 'Jim is hurting me'. However, 'My leg hurt/s' is the correct form.
Sound is rarely used in the progressive tenses. Likewise, 'There was music sounded from the house' is the
correct
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