joham
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He was woken up by the sound of broken glass.
This sentence is taken from LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF COMMON ERRORS. The dictionary says noise can't be used in this sentence. I don't understand. Could anyone please explain why it can't be used.
And I found in the American Corpus far more results of 'sound of breaking glass'. Would 'breaking' be better than 'broken' in this sentence?
Thank you in advance.
This sentence is taken from LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF COMMON ERRORS. The dictionary says noise can't be used in this sentence. I don't understand. Could anyone please explain why it can't be used.
And I found in the American Corpus far more results of 'sound of breaking glass'. Would 'breaking' be better than 'broken' in this sentence?
Thank you in advance.
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