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Dreamy_girl Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
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hello all...
please tell me what the correct form of these two sentences
1-I knocked on the door.
2- I knocked at the door.
thank you beforehand.
please tell me what the correct form of these two sentences
1-I knocked on the door.
2- I knocked at the door.
thank you beforehand.
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Hello, Dreamy girl, welcome to the English Forums! Both are used. You can knock on many things and for different purposes.
- Hello, Dreamy girl, welcome to the English Forums!
- Both are used.
- You can knock on many things and for different purposes.
- But when you knock at the door, it's to signal you're there, if there's no bell, for example.
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Hello, Dreamy girl, welcome to the English Forums!
Both are used. You can knock on many things and for different purposes. But when you knock at the door, it's to signal you're there, if there's no bell, for example.
Both are used. You can knock on many things and for different purposes. But when you knock at the door, it's to signal you're there, if there's no bell, for example.
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I knocked at the door is appropriate. It is use widely by people.
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That's interesting...
I definitely feel that "on" would be used much more often here in the States.
I definitely feel that "on" would be used much more often here in the States.
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Lazarus, I agree.
Whether you knock on the door or ring the doorbell, you are going to be at the door regardless. It is assumed.
Whether you knock on the door or ring the doorbell, you are going to be at the door regardless. It is assumed.
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So, are both prepositions equally accepted in this expression?:
What knocks at the door?
What knocks on the door?
What knocks at the door?
What knocks on the door?
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I'd rather use "who's knocking..." Or "what", if you're not sure it's human.
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