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I fell over on the ground after I get caught against the stone.


Is this sentence correct?

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Is that stone still in your way?

When the stone caught my toe, I fell over.

I fell over when the stone tripped me up.
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Default Re: fell over

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I fell over on the ground after I get caught against the stone.


Is this sentence correct?

Please help me.
It's correct, Gary but it's isn't idiomatic.

I fell to[over] [on] the ground after I [get caught] tripped [against] on the stone.

In English, at least in my neck of the woods, 'a stone' isn't considered to be such a large piece of material; 'a rock' or 'a boulder' would be more likely of a size to trip someone up.
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