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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into crying.
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into crying.
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into tears.
I presume only the words in bold fit in the above two samples respectively, but could you come up with a reason why "into" doesn't work in the first while "out" doesn't in the second? Thanks.
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into tears.
I presume only the words in bold fit in the above two samples respectively, but could you come up with a reason why "into" doesn't work in the first while "out" doesn't in the second? Thanks.
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Hi, On hearing the bad news, he busrt out /into crying. On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/ into tears. I presume only the words in bold fit in the above two samples respectively, but could you come up with a reason why "into" doesn't work in the first while "out" doesn't in the second?
- Hi, On hearing the bad news, he busrt out /into crying.
- On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/ into tears.
- I presume only the words in bold fit in the above two samples respectively, but could you come up with a reason why "into" doesn't work in the first while "out" doesn't in the second?
- The simplest answer is that they are not idiomatic.
- Clive
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Hi,
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into crying.
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into tears.
I presume only the words in bold fit in the above two samples respectively, but could you come up with a reason why "into" doesn't work in the first while "out" doesn't in th
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into crying.
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into tears.
I presume only the words in bold fit in the above two samples respectively, but could you come up with a reason why "into" doesn't work in the first while "out" doesn't in th
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CliveHi,
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into crying.
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into tears.
I presume only the words in bold fit in the above two samples respectively, but could you come up with a reason why "into" doesn't work in the
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Hi again,
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into crying.
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into tears.
I presume only the words in bold fit in the above two samples respectively, but could you come up with a reason why "into" doesn't work in the first while "out" doesn't
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into crying.
On hearing the bad news, he busrt out/into tears.
I presume only the words in bold fit in the above two samples respectively, but could you come up with a reason why "into" doesn't work in the first while "out" doesn't
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