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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Unbuttoned

Is unbutton itself correct?
The button of my coat unbuttoned itself because I had put on too much weight.

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I's say it 'came undone' rather than 'unbuttoned itself'.

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  • I's say it 'came undone' rather than 'unbuttoned itself'.
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I's say it 'came undone' rather than 'unbuttoned itself'.
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Anonymous Is unbutton itself correct?The button of my coat unbuttoned itself because I had put on too much weight. Thanks
No. I say 'came unbuttoned'. (My coat came unbuttoned.)

However, you've got 'button' in the sentence already, and 'button came unbuttoned' sounds bad because of the repetition, so in that case use 'came undone' as suggested above
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