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Kai
English grammar
Hi friends, I always mix up this grammar. could you pls tell me which one is right?
1. There were a lot of trees in the trail and I nearly tripped over them and fell (they fell on the trail), When I was hiking.
2. There were a lot of tress on the trail and I nearly tripped over them and fell (they fell on the trail), When I was hiking.
1. a tree fell on the road or a tree fell in the road?
Mar 15, 2020 12:28 PM
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A tree fell in the forest.
The tree fell onto the trail.
There were a lot of fallen trees on the trail, and I nearly tripped over them and fell when I was hiking.
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I chose "onto" instead of "on" because "onto" implies movement. "Onto" works better with the action verb "to fall."
After the tree is already on the ground, I would say it was on the trail.
March 15, 2020
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There were a lot of trees on the trail and I nearly trip over all of them and fell while I was hiking.
A tree fell on the road.
March 15, 2020
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