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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

walk through door

He can walk through doors.

He walked through the door.

What's the difference?

Thanks in advance.
  

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For reasons I cannot explain, if you say "He can walk through doors" it sounds like you mean that wooden thing that goes between rooms, and that perhaps he is a ghost. But if you say "through the door" it sounds like you mean the doorway. He could walk through that door at any minute, so get his birthday present out of sight before he sees it.

— BarbaraPA

  • For reasons I cannot explain, if you say "He can walk through doors" it sounds like you mean that wooden thing that goes between rooms, and that perhaps he is a ghost.
  • But if you say "through the door" it sounds like you mean the doorway.
  • He could walk through that door at any minute, so get his birthday present out of sight before he sees it.
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For reasons I cannot explain, if you say "He can walk through doors" it sounds like you mean that wooden thing that goes between rooms, and that perhaps he is a ghost.

But if you say "through the door" it sounds like you mean the doorway. He could walk through that door at any minute, so get his birthday present out of sight before he sees it.
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Grammar GeekFor reasons I cannot explain, if you say "He can walk through doors" it sounds like you mean that wooden thing that goes between rooms, and that perhaps he is a ghost.
Yes, someone with special powers.
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Marius Hancu
Grammar GeekFor reasons I cannot explain, if you say "He can walk through doors" it sounds like you mean that wooden thing that goes between rooms, and that perhaps he is a ghost.
Yes, someone with special powers.
By the use of the simple word "can".
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