caught my foot

[azz]

a. I caught my foot in the long grass and fell.
b. I caught my feet in the long grass and fell.

Does the second one mean that both my feet were caught in the grass?
I don't really think that is possible.

Maybe (b) simply doesn't make sense, Or maybe it means the same thing as (a)....

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes, the second one suggests that you got both feet caught. It's possible if, for example, you were jumping rather than walking. In fact, even if you were walking, it's possible. The first foot might have become just slightly tangled, making you stumble, but then when the second foot got caught in the grass, that was the straw that broke the camel's back and you fell.

 

[Tarheel]

@azz You need to be more careful.

 

[Tarheel]

@azz Do they call it long grass in Nigeria? (Here we would call it tall grass.)

 

[emsr2d2]

"Long grass" and "tall grass" aren't quite the same thing in BrE. It's not an exact science but I'd call any grass that's higher than my waist (or possibly chest) "tall grass".

 

[Rover_KE]

... and for me, 'long grass' is the rough on a golf course.

 

[Tarheel]

I had never heard of long grass before.

 

[5jj]

I had never heard of long grass before.

For me it's simply grass that is more than about fifteen centimetres high.

 

[Barque]

a. I caught my foot in the long grass and fell.
b. I caught my feet in the long grass and fell.

Does the second one mean that both my feet were caught in the grass?
I don't really think that is possible.

Maybe (b) simply doesn't make sense, Or maybe it means the same thing as (a)....

Generally people don't analyse how they fell quite so closely.

I'd expect to hear "caught my foot", even if it was both feet.