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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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The hungery vikings lurked secretly and attacked the village on night.

There was something killer's instinct in the gladiator.

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The hungry Vikings lurked secretly and attacked villages at night There was a killer’s instinct in each gladiator or There was some killer instinct in each gladiator depending on your emphasis

  • The hungry Vikings lurked secretly and attacked villages at night There was a killer’s instinct in each gladiator or There was some killer instinct in each gladiator depending on your emphasis
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The hungry Vikings lurked secretly and attacked villages at night

There was a killer’s instinct in each gladiator

or

There was some killer instinct in each gladiator

depending on your emphasis
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"The hungry vikings lurked and attacked the village at night."

"Lurk" does not need to be qualified by "secretly" because the word already has that meaning attached to it.

lurk - verb: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

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