englishhobby
Key Member
- Joined
- Jun 19, 2009
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Russian Federation
We were fortunate to get back without ...
an accident<····· correct
an incident
an event
1. In the above question I chose "an incident" according to a dictionary definition:
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/incident
without incident = without trouble
But when I checked it I saw that my answer was wrong. Why? :?: Is it because of the article?
2. When a chandelier crashed down on to the people in the Opera House and hurt and even killed some of them (in "The Phantom of the Opera"), was it an accident or an incident? I think it was an incident as it had been planned by the Phantom and done by him intentionally. Right?
an accident<····· correct
an incident
an event
1. In the above question I chose "an incident" according to a dictionary definition:
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/incident
without incident = without trouble
But when I checked it I saw that my answer was wrong. Why? :?: Is it because of the article?
2. When a chandelier crashed down on to the people in the Opera House and hurt and even killed some of them (in "The Phantom of the Opera"), was it an accident or an incident? I think it was an incident as it had been planned by the Phantom and done by him intentionally. Right?
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