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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

strike

0She strikes my head with her fists.02br
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00Is there any word to replace ` strike ' above?02br
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00Please tell me.0-
  

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0It should be 'struck' but alternatives are02br
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00hit, whacked, punched...0-
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0 01font00I 've got: pound, punch, ect.02br
00You can use beat, hit, ect. but the sentence must change a little.02br
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite12br
10It should be 'struck' but alternatives are12br
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10Thank you.02br
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00But, I have written simple present tense to mean generally she strikes my head with her fists.02br
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00I think it should be strik
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0 01font00HI User_gary,02br
00I believe Nona was saying that you should use past tense in this case, since you might wanna tell a story that has happened before.02br
00Thats why she also gave you the alternative words in past tense: hit, whacked, punched...02br
00I think you just say "she strikes my head with her fists" in case sh
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0Sorry, I misread your original sentence. I thought you had 'strike' not 'strikes'. If you want present tense then yes, you can use hits, whacks, punches.02br
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00The most appropriate word that actually means 'to hit with a closed fist, knuckles first' is punch. Boxers punch each other.0-
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0 The present is fine if you are describing an on-going matter, which is what you seem to be doing. 02br
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00If you were writing a narrative, then "struck" would be better. It shows how important it is to have full context for questions like this.0-

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