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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

injured

Can I say,

(a) He is injured in an accident / in a car accident.

(b) He injured his leg and stayed in hospital after the car accident.
  

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yes.

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Can I say,

(a) He injured his hand and leg / his leg in the hit-and-ran accident.
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Vincent Teo(a) He is injured in an accident / in a car accident.
The sentence is grammatically ok but what is the use? I can't see how it could be used in the present tense (apart from maybe in a narative).
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Sorry, I ask this question:

(a) He injured his hand and leg / his leg in the hit-and-ran accident.
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I agree with Bokeh. Though sentences could be grammatically correct, that does not mean they are good sentences. No offense. I find it difficult to make good sentences too.

"He injured his leg and stayed in hospital after the car accident. " =>Though this sentence has no grammar mistakes, it's not considered natural because the events are kind of disconnected. I would say "He injured h
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Thanks your opinion.

Can I say,

(a) I injured at the accident.
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Injure is a transitive verb, therefore, it has to take an object.

I injured <object> .= > the object is missing in your sentence. It can be "my leg".

Let's say the sentence is now "I injured my leg at the accident". This sentence is grammatically fine but doesn't make much sense.

This is because it means I injured my leg when I was at the accident scene. I think
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(A) I injured my leg in the accident.

(b) I injured my leg in the accident.

Are they difference in meaning? Are they correct? Sorry, I'm not very clear.
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>Are they difference in meaning?

You should know by now this isn't correct.

Sorry, I think you should read more (fiction, newspapers).

You seem to base your study only on posting on the Web.

By reading, you would find which of your sentences aren't correct English.
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Vincent Teo(A) I injured my leg in the accident.

(b) I injured my leg in the accident.

Are they difference in meaning? Are they correct? Sorry, I'm not very clear. Are they different in meaning? ...Sorry, but I 'm not very clear.

I agree with Marius Hancu. It won't do you any good if you solely learn English by posting on

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