Thread: throw vs. roll
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Old 26-Jul-2004, 10:19
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throwing a die/ rolling a die
You can say both.

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The boy is rolling a stone
He's pushing a big stone, which makes it roll. It would be better to use a definite article eg. "he's rolling the stone out of the way". You generally don't go around rolling stones for the fun of it ;)

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