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Tawf1972 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

With or by

Is there any difference between the following sentences :
a. I was hit by a stone .
b. I was hit with a stone .
I need you to explain that, please .
Thanks a lot for helping.
  

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If people were hurling stones to the direction where you were walking/running/sitting, you could say I was hit by a stone. I could hit someone/something with a cane/stick/stone.

  • If people were hurling stones to the direction where you were walking/running/sitting, you could say I was hit by a stone.
  • I could hit someone/something with a cane/stick/stone.
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If people were hurling stones to the direction where you were walking/running/sitting, you could say I was hit by a stone.

I could hit someone/something with a cane/stick/stone.

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