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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Some verbs + sb from sth

1. The heavy rain stopped my going out.
2. The heavy rain stopped me from going out.
Group A: prevent/ stop/ hinder/ ban/ bar/ prohibit/ inhibit/ restrict/ retrain/ deter/ dissuade/ disable/ keep
I'd like to know of the "group A" what verbs can be used as in #1
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

"stopped my going out" may be technically justifiable but it sounds pretty unnatural to me. I also prefer "stopped me going out" to "stopped me from going out". g.

— GPY

  • "stopped my going out" may be technically justifiable but it sounds pretty unnatural to me.
  • I also prefer "stopped me going out" to "stopped me from going out".
  • g.
  • "kept my going out").
  • I think "retrained" should probably be "restrained"?
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"stopped my going out" may be technically justifiable but it sounds pretty unnatural to me. I also prefer "stopped me going out" to "stopped me from going out".

Your other words are a spectrum of cases, varying from those that work better than "stopped" in #1 (the best probably being "prevented my going out", though this is still formal-sounding), through to more marginal cases, through t
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GPY"stopped my going out" may be technically justifiable but it sounds pretty unnatural to me.
It is. It's also rare and excessively formal.
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park sang joonprevent/ stop/ hinder/ ban/ bar/ prohibit/ inhibit/ restrict/ retrain (refrain?)/ deter/ dissuade/ disable/ keep
In my opinion, none of them are particularly good. Below I give you my personal reactions. Even 'possible' means 'possible, but not the best choice'.

____ my going out

prevented -
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