If somebody says: The door swung closed on me, does it mean it closed behind his back when he went through it, or before he managed to go through it, so before his nose?
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My understanding would be that it closed before he passed through. Otherwise it swung closed behind me.
— BarbaraPA
My understanding would be that it closed before he passed through.
Otherwise it swung closed behind me.
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