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User_gary Posted 18 years ago
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take a revenge, full of blood

(2) I beat one guy and his body was full of blood. Blood bleeded from every organ of his body.

(2) He made my body blood. I will take a revenge to him. Just wait and see.

Please correct my two sentences.
  

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User_gary (2) I beat one guy and his body was full of blood. Blood bleeded from every organ of his body. Gary, sorry, but this is just so far from idiomatic that I don't know where to start.

— BarbaraPA

  • User_gary (2) I beat one guy and his body was full of blood.
  • Blood bleeded from every organ of his body.
  • Gary, sorry, but this is just so far from idiomatic that I don't know where to start.
  • Our bodies are always full of blood.
  • It's how nutrients get to our cells.
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User_gary(2) I beat one guy and his body was full of blood. Blood bleeded from every organ of his body. Gary, sorry, but this is just so far from idiomatic that I don't know where to start. Our bodies are always full of blood. It's how nutrients get to our cells. You don't usually talk about bleeding from organs - that's an internal injury, an
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Thank you Grammar Greek
(1) I beat one guy and his body was full of blood. Blood bleeded from every organ of his body.
How would you say the same?
(2) He made my body blood. What do you mean to say here?

He made my body full of blood by beating me.
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Gary, please re-read my comment in blue. I gave you a suggestion for a rewrite, and told you that "full of blood" is not idiomatic.

He beat me up.
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I will take a revenge to him.

I don't think this is correct. We take revenge on someone. Revenge is not countable.

I will take revenge on him. I will have my revenge.
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You're right - I didn't notice the "a."

I prefer the "I will have my revenge" even though it's a rewrite - it sounds more powerful.
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