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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
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lost control

Can I say,
  

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Hi,
Just a quick glance at the first two:

1. He rode his bike too fast. ( If you use "so" I'd expect a consequence, as in "He rode his bike so fast that he lost control", unless it's an exclamation "He was riding his bike sooo fast!")
2. A stone made Susan lose control ... (without "the"; also, you need this pattern: "make" + "noun + bare infi
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Thank you Tanit, I couldn't realise 2 and confused 1 with so. Emotion: wink And I used an unnecessary article, the.
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Can I say,

(a) He lost control going / running / jumping / cycling down the slope.

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