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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Lightning flashed/struck

For just then, lightning flashed and dark clouds began to fill the sky.

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Is it right and the same to say "lightning struck" rather than "lightning flashed" in the above? Thanks.
  

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Angliholic Is it right and the same to say "lightning struck" rather than "lightning flashed" in the above? Thanks. In my opinion the thunder struck , not the lightning.

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  • Angliholic Is it right and the same to say "lightning struck" rather than "lightning flashed" in the above?
  • Thanks.
  • In my opinion the thunder struck , not the lightning.
  • But the research on COCA shows that is correct.
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AngliholicIs it right and the same to say "lightning struck" rather than "lightning flashed" in the above? Thanks.
In my opinion the thunder struck, not the lightning. But the research on COCA shows that is correct.
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We only use strike/struck when the lightening hits something, not when it just flashes in the sky. Once I was camping during a storm and the lightening struck a tree nearby.
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