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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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John sneezed the tissue off the table.
John smiled Tony out of the room.
John blinked Jimmy off the cliff.
Do all these sentence make any sense? Or are they all grammatical sentence?
I'd like to hear native speakers' opinion.
Please share your thoughts!
John smiled Tony out of the room.
John blinked Jimmy off the cliff.
Do all these sentence make any sense? Or are they all grammatical sentence?
I'd like to hear native speakers' opinion.
Please share your thoughts!
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Anonymous Do all these sentence make any sense? Or are they all grammatical sentence? You are pushing this literary technique too far; it is to be used in moderation.
- Anonymous Do all these sentence make any sense?
- Or are they all grammatical sentence?
- You are pushing this literary technique too far; it is to be used in moderation.
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AnonymousDo all these sentence make any sense? Or are they all grammatical sentence?You are pushing this literary technique too far; it is to be used in moderation.
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My question would be 'are these being used in a poetic sense'? If so you can do pretty much whatever you want. If not, then no, they do not work for native english speakers.
John sneezed and the tissue flew off the table.
John smiled as Tony went out of the room. Or - John smiled as Tony left the room. (is better)
There's no fix for the last one, maybe 'John blinked and/as Tony we
John sneezed and the tissue flew off the table.
John smiled as Tony went out of the room. Or - John smiled as Tony left the room. (is better)
There's no fix for the last one, maybe 'John blinked and/as Tony we
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