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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Stagger

A drunk man staggers around on the roof.

A drunk man is staggering around on the roof.

Are these fine? "Staggers around on the roof" and "staggering around on the roof" barely have any hits on Google, and "staggered around on the roof" didn't have any at all.

  

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anonymous Are these fine? They are fine. anonymous barely have any hits Well, how often does a drunk man stagger around on a roof?

  • anonymous Are these fine?
  • They are fine.
  • anonymous barely have any hits Well, how often does a drunk man stagger around on a roof?
  • It's not an everyday occurrence, so there is seldom an occasion to use such a sentence.
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anonymousAre these fine?

They are fine.

anonymousbarely have any hits

Well, how often does a drunk man stagger around on a roof? It's not an everyday occurrence, so there is seldom an occasion to use such a sentence.

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anonymousbarely have any hits on Google,

I've never seen a drunk on a roof, and I am pretty sure that he would fall off before anyone ever witnessed it.

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