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Angliholic Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Suffered blackout
During the thunderstorm, the power plant was struck by lightning and the whole city suffered blackout for several hours.
HI,
Is it better to replace "suffered blackout" in the above with "suffered from blackout" because of being followed by "for several hours?" Thanks.
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I would have written ... suffered from a blackout ... I think of 'blackout' as a countable noun, so I'd have an article there ( a ).
- I would have written ...
- suffered from a blackout ...
- I think of 'blackout' as a countable noun, so I'd have an article there ( a ).
- I am not familiar with the expression 'suffer blackout', so I would include 'from'.
- I would not make either of these changes because of the phrase 'for several hours'.
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I would have written ... suffered from a blackout ....
I think of 'blackout' as a countable noun, so I'd have an article there (a).
I am not familiar with the expression 'suffer blackout', so I would include 'from'.
I would not make either of these changes because of the phrase 'for several hours'.
I would make the changes for the reasons I gave ab
I think of 'blackout' as a countable noun, so I'd have an article there (a).
I am not familiar with the expression 'suffer blackout', so I would include 'from'.
I would not make either of these changes because of the phrase 'for several hours'.
I would make the changes for the reasons I gave ab
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