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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

John hit the hammer

I saw the following sentence in my English reference book.

1. John hit the hammer.

So I was wondering if my example is possible to say and I should go on reading the book.
  

Top answer

park sang joon So I was wondering if my example is possible to say It is a grammatical sentence. But what you usually do with a hammer is hammer a nail. Sometimes you miss and hit something else: John hit his thumb with a hammer.

— AlpheccaStars

  • park sang joon So I was wondering if my example is possible to say It is a grammatical sentence.
  • But what you usually do with a hammer is hammer a nail.
  • Sometimes you miss and hit something else: John hit his thumb with a hammer.
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park sang joonSo I was wondering if my example is possible to say
It is a grammatical sentence.
But what you usually do with a hammer is hammer a nail.
Sometimes you miss and hit something else:

John hit his thumb with a hammer.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for another kind answer from youEmotion: smile
Then, I was wondering if I can take it that my example imply "John hi
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John hit the nail with a hammer.
John = subject
hit = verb
the nail = direct object
with a hammer = prepositional phrase (adverbial)
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