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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

stung on / in

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    00The bee stung / had stung (on) my hand.02br
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    00The bee stung on / at/into my hand.02br
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    00The bee uses its tail to sting (on) his hand.02br
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    00The stung was (on) John’s hand.02br
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    00The bee goes to sting (-) his hand.02br
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    00The bee stung (at/-) his hand with its sting. 02br
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02br 02br 00- Oh dear! Where did he get stung? 02br 02br 00- No, it stung him on the hand.

— BarbaraPA

  • 02br 02br 00- Oh dear!
  • Where did he get stung?
  • 02br 02br 00- No, it stung him on the hand.
  • 02br 02br 00Also, in the US, it's called "the stinger" not "the sting" but you would not say #6 - it's very unnatural.
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0Hi Vincent Teo,02br
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00Just "01b00The bee stung my/his/John's hand02b00." 02br
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00Don't say "on his hand" unless you want to draw attention specifically to the site of the sting compared to anywhere else.02br
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00- Poor John, he was stung by a bee.02br
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00- Oh dear! Where did he
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0But , i heard my friends say like this way, and I also saw some newspapers also write like this way:02br
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00(a) The bees stung on *** 's hand. 02br
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00I'm confuse here.02br
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00By the way, where you from? are you an expert in grammar? Which English do you use? Ame or Bri Eng? 0-
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0Either use02br
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00The bee stung John's hand02br
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00The bee stung John on the/his hand.02br
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00Just 'The bee stung on John's hand' doesn't sound natural.0-
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0By the way, where you from? are you an expert in grammar? Which English do you use? Ame or Bri Eng? 0-
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0I use British English. Grammar Geek uses American English. We seem to agree on this point, however.0-
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10By the way, where you from? are you an expert in grammar? Which English do you use? Ame or Bri Eng? 12br
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10Hi Vincent, 02br
00If you look at our posts, you can see where we are from. 02br
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00On the left, it says I am from
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