[Grammar] Bang (on)

[vpkannan]

Hi,

1. She banged the door angrily.
2. She banged on the door angrily.

Any difference between them or anything wrong with the first one?

Thanks.

 

[Phaedrus]

In (1) it's unclear what she's doing to or with the door, but it sounds X-rated to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I would take the second to mean that she hit the door hard with her hand. I would take the first (which isn't very natural) to mean the same as "She slammed the door angrily" - she closed it very loudly and violently, probably as she left the room in a bad mood.

In case Phaedrus' post confuses you, "to bang" is a slang term for "to have sex with".

 

[SoothingDave]

I could understand the first to mean that she closed the door so hard that it made a loud sound. Like "Don't bang the screen door when you leave."