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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
to hit someone
Hello,
If someone was swinging a stick around and accidentally hit someone, which sentence would sound better: "What are you doing, you idiot?! You hit me on the leg/You hit my leg!"?
If someone was swinging a stick around and accidentally hit someone, which sentence would sound better: "What are you doing, you idiot?! You hit me on the leg/You hit my leg!"?
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"? Both are fine and common.
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- Both are fine and common.
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Gene93You hit me on the leg/You hit my leg!"?Both are fine and common.
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Thank you. A few months ago I was told that only "Hit someone on the leg/head/etc" was acceptable. Does this construction make the sentence sound more deliberate?
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Gene93I was told that only "Hit someone on the leg/head/etc" was acceptableYou were told wrong.
Gene93 Does this construction make the sentence sound more deliberate?Not any more so than the other construction.
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