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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

I'm stuck in traffic.

1) I was in a traffic accident.

2) I was in a car accident.

3) I'm stuck in a traffic jam.

4) I'm stuck in traffic.

Hi. Which sentenc would you consider as natural or unnatural?
  

Top answer

3, not OK. The rest fine, IMO.

  • 3, not OK.
  • The rest fine, IMO.
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3, not OK.
The rest fine, IMO.
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But you realize that in 1 & 2, YOU were one of the people who was in the accident, and in 4, your own car was not involved, right? In 1 & 2, your car was hit (or hit something else).
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I'm stuck in traffic.
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They are all natural (to answer your question), but as BarbaraPA pointed out, they don't all have the same meaning.

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