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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Using of word jerk instead of jerked and the reasons
She felt the bus jerked and the driver was able to swerve to the right before hitting the curved wall. The passengers alighted from the bus all shaken up and one woman had to be taken to the hospital for observation due to her erratic behavior.
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The sentence should read : She felt the bus jerk and the driver, etc. Jerk can be a verb and a noun. Ask yourself: what is the verb in "she felt the bus jerk"?
- The sentence should read : She felt the bus jerk and the driver, etc.
- Jerk can be a verb and a noun.
- Ask yourself: what is the verb in "she felt the bus jerk"?
- It was most likely a typo (since you can't have two past tense verbs in one sentence).
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The sentence should read : She felt the bus jerk and the driver, etc.
Jerk can be a verb and a noun.
Ask yourself: what is the verb in "she felt the bus jerk"?
It was most likely a typo (since you can't have two past tense verbs in one sentence).
Jerk can be a verb and a noun.
Ask yourself: what is the verb in "she felt the bus jerk"?
It was most likely a typo (since you can't have two past tense verbs in one sentence).
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