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Angliholic Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Walking into/against a bus
Marrero was angry and ashamed, but she learned her lesson: Texting while walking is dangerous. "I could have been walking into a bus, a car ... anything ," she said.
Hi,
I wonder why it's "walking into a bus" in the above instead of "walking against a bus." Can you explain why it's "walking into a bus?" Thanks.
Hi,
I wonder why it's "walking into a bus" in the above instead of "walking against a bus." Can you explain why it's "walking into a bus?" Thanks.
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Because it's just one of those expressions we have in English that uses the preposition 'into' rather than 'against'. John
- Because it's just one of those expressions we have in English that uses the preposition 'into' rather than 'against'.
- John
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Because it's just one of those expressions we have in English that uses the preposition 'into' rather than 'against'.
John
John
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This makes your sentence more idiomatic:
Marrero was angry and ashamed, but she'd learned her lesson: Texting while walking is dangerous. "I could have walked into a bus, a car ... anything ," she said.
Marrero was angry and ashamed, but she'd learned her lesson: Texting while walking is dangerous. "I could have walked into a bus, a car ... anything ," she said.
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