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Englishfan25 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Which one of the two sentences is correct ?

0 Hi all,02br
00Which one of the below two sentences is correct ?02br
001) I will hit the bed soon.02br
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002) I will hit the bed early.02br
00What is the difference between the two,if there is any !02br
00Thanks,02br
00Ramki.0-
  

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0 They are both OK provided the phrase "to hit the bed" is correct.02br
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00And they mean different things.02br
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00To me,02br
0021:00 or 22:00 is early whereas 23:49 is quite late.02br
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00You can say you'll go to bed soon at 21:00 and at 23:00 and even at 1:30.02br
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00Soon means after a sho
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0Yes; "soon" means "in a short time from now"; "early" means "before the usual or a stated time".02br
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00I've never heard "hit the bed" for "go to bed"; but "hit the sack" is a moderately common (if slightly old-fashioned) slang phrase.02br
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0 Also, "hit the hay." 0-
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10I've never heard "hit the bed" for "go to bed"; but "hit the sack" is a moderately common (if slightly old-fashioned) slang phrase.12br
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10MrP12br
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0I was so surprised by that, that I looked too. 02br
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00Hit the bed of the truck02br
00Hit the bed frame02br
00Something that was thrown hit the bed02br
00In other words, things that literally struck the bed or even the truck bed. Only one had "hit the bed" in the sense of "go to bed" and it was a play on the phrase "hit the town."02
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Also, "hit the hay."12blockquote
10or hit the sack0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I was so surprised by that, that I looked too. 12br
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10Hit the bed of the truck12br
10Hit the bed frame12br
10Something that was thrown hit the bed12br
10In other words, things that literally struck the bed or even the truck bed. Only one had "hit the
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0Normally, if Google shows a word in black, the words searched are not a common expression. Nevertheless, ...02br
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00"So I wasn't surprised that sleep hit me the moment I 01b00hit the bed02b00. I slept soundly for long hours till I was woken by a strange feeling in my chest. 01b00..."02b02br
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01cite10Milky12cite11blockquote
11cite20MrPedantic22cite22br
20I've never heard "hit the bed" for "go to bed"; but "hit the sack" is a moderately common (if slightly old-fashioned) slang phrase.22br
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20MrP22br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10It's always worth checking the last page on Google. In this instance, you'll find:12br
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10"11i10In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 780 already displayed.12br
10If you like, you can 11a
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