strike

Thread starter blacknomi
Start date Aug 15, 2004

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blacknomi

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Aug 15, 2004

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I was struck by her enthusiam and her obvious sense of pride in her jobshe was doing.

That 'He was struck' means he was shocked by other people's bahaviour and somewhat in a more surprised way. Am I wrong?

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hearingwintergone

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Aug 15, 2004

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blacknomi said:
I was struck by her enthusiam and her obvious sense of pride in her jobshe was doing.

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That 'He was struck' means he was shocked by other people's bahaviour and somewhat in a more surprised way. Am I wrong?

not wrong

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Tdol

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Aug 15, 2004

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It doesn't have to be negative- 'strike' means 'hit', so it could be positive as well,which I think it is here.;-)

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