Two guys were fighting and blood was oozing out from one of their bodies. Is it a correct sentence?
T tufguy VIP Member Joined Feb 4, 2014 Location India Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Hindi Home Country India Current Location India Jan 14, 2020 #1 Two guys were fighting and blood was oozing out from one of their bodies. Is it a correct sentence?
teechar Moderator Staff member Joined Feb 18, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Iraq Current Location Iraq Jan 14, 2020 #2 Use "them" instead of "their bodies".
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 14, 2020 #3 It would be bizarre to say the vague oozing out of their bodies. Why wouldn't you be a little more precise? When would you say this weird sentence?
It would be bizarre to say the vague oozing out of their bodies. Why wouldn't you be a little more precise? When would you say this weird sentence?
T tufguy VIP Member Joined Feb 4, 2014 Location India Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Hindi Home Country India Current Location India Jan 15, 2020 #4 GoesStation said: It would be bizarre to say the vague oozing out of their bodies. Why wouldn't you be a little more precise? When would you say this weird sentence? Click to expand... It happened for real in the front of me.
GoesStation said: It would be bizarre to say the vague oozing out of their bodies. Why wouldn't you be a little more precise? When would you say this weird sentence? Click to expand... It happened for real in the front of me.
T tufguy VIP Member Joined Feb 4, 2014 Location India Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Hindi Home Country India Current Location India Jan 15, 2020 #5 teechar said: Use "them" instead of "their bodies". Click to expand... Two guys were fighting and the blood was oozing out from one of them. Don't I need to use the word "Body" here? Is it correct now?
teechar said: Use "them" instead of "their bodies". Click to expand... Two guys were fighting and the blood was oozing out from one of them. Don't I need to use the word "Body" here? Is it correct now?
T Tarheel VIP Member Joined Jun 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 15, 2020 #6 Two guys were fighting, and one of them was bleeding.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jan 15, 2020 #7 tufguy said: It happened for real in [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] front of me. Click to expand... Well done for putting an article in front of that noun. Unfortunately, in this case, it was wrong. The phrase "in front of" doesn't take an article.
tufguy said: It happened for real in [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] front of me. Click to expand... Well done for putting an article in front of that noun. Unfortunately, in this case, it was wrong. The phrase "in front of" doesn't take an article.