Put on
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Is the verb "put on" correctly used in the following sentence?
- I accidentally put crosses on your answers.
Here in the above sentence, when someone's answers are correct, but at the time of correcting/marking their paper your mind is absent or busy. Therefore, you accidentally put crosses on the answers (They get crosses instead of ticks.)
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JA
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The verb "put" (not "put on") is used correctly in your sentence: I accidentally put crosses on your answers . I accidentally || put crosses || on your answers. "put" and "on" don't go together here as a group.
- The verb "put" (not "put on") is used correctly in your sentence: I accidentally put crosses on your answers .
- I accidentally || put crosses || on your answers.
- "put" and "on" don't go together here as a group.
- Compare: They || put on || their jackets || before going out in the cold.
- Here there is no grouping "on their jackets" as in "There were stains on their jackets".
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The verb "put" (not "put on") is used correctly in your sentence: I accidentally put crosses on your answers.
I accidentally || put crosses || on your answers.
"put" and "on" don't go together here as a group.
Compare:
They || put on || their jackets || before going out in the cold.
Here there is no grouping "on their jackets" as in
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