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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
to hit a bicycle and send it/send it flying in the hardware store
Hello,
Would it be natural to say: "My friend and I were having lunch when a van hit his bicycle and sent it into the hardware store"? Do you think that: "...sent it flying into the hardware store" sounds better?
Thank you
Would it be natural to say: "My friend and I were having lunch when a van hit his bicycle and sent it into the hardware store"? Do you think that: "...sent it flying into the hardware store" sounds better?
Thank you
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Yes, sent it flying is better. It seems that two wheeled vehicles get sent flying quite often in your part of the world. There was a motorcycle that ended up in a cornfield earlier today.
- Yes, sent it flying is better.
- It seems that two wheeled vehicles get sent flying quite often in your part of the world.
- There was a motorcycle that ended up in a cornfield earlier today.
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Yes, sent it flying is better.
It seems that two wheeled vehicles get sent flying quite often in your part of the world. There was a motorcycle that ended up in a cornfield earlier today.
It seems that two wheeled vehicles get sent flying quite often in your part of the world. There was a motorcycle that ended up in a cornfield earlier today.
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There was. I couldn't access that thread again and I had to post this one. I am sorry. Could you tell me what's wrong with "sent it..."? I guess that's just how it is.
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Sent it into the hardware store could mean something like told it to go into the hardware store.
I sent my wife into the hardware store to pick up some nails while I helped my friend Bill load up some plywood he had bought.
I sent my wife into the hardware store to pick up some nails while I helped my friend Bill load up some plywood he had bought.
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I see, but doesn't "hit" make a difference? The van hit it and it went into the hardware store. Opss... I just came up with another way of expressing the same idea, which is probably even more unidiomatic. Does it actually work, hehe? Don't get me wrong, Jay, I am not arguing with you.
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It's not completely wrong to say sent it into the hardware store, but it is potentially ambiguous, and less idiomatic than sent it flying. You could also say knocked it into the hardware store. By the way, there is also some ambiguity in the part into the hardware store. It could mean that the bicycle struck the building, or caused it to go t
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Yes, it struck the building, went through a window, etc. It could be either. What do you think of "The van hit the bicycle and it went into the hardware store"? This is my last question, I promise.
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It too is potentially ambiguous. Compare:
The van hit the man, but he just brushed himself off and went into the hardware store as though nothing had happened.
You could say The van hit the bicycle and it ended up inside the hardware store.
The van hit the man, but he just brushed himself off and went into the hardware store as though nothing had happened.
You could say The van hit the bicycle and it ended up inside the hardware store.
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Gene93There was. I couldn't access that thread again and I had to post this one.Here
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Hello again, Blue Jay. I came across this sentence: "A car crashed into my rear and I went into the car in front." Does it sound natural to you? Is it not very similar to the sentence in post #1? The bike was hit and it went into the hardware store. I think that "go into" means crash in both examples. I hope you don't mind my asking.
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