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Are these sentences right? 1.Someone threw a stone into a window and it blew out. 2.We were driving along a road when one of the tire blew out. 3.When a windflaw came a flame blew out.

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Are these sentences right?

1.Someone threw a stone into a window and it blew out.
2.We were driving along a road when one of the tire blew out.
3.When a windflaw came a flame blew out.

 

1. If you were being pedantic and lived in a world of magic-realism then you might interpret the meaning of the first sentence as 'the stone' blew out. Someone threw the stone into (an open) window and then the stone blew back out again. Unlikely, but I have drunk too much coffee today.

 

2. Just need an 's' to make tire plural.

 

3. When a window flew open, the flame blew out.

When the wind blew, the flame blew out.

 

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Good luck, Ed.

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Are these sentences right?

1.Someone threw a stone into a window and it blew out.

 

Windows can only 'blow out' from the inside (out). So, what blows out windows... A house fire can cause windows to blow out. Maybe an earthquake? Luckily, it is not common :) 

 

2.We were driving along a road when one of the tire blew out.

 

One of the tires. Because there are two tires, and only one of THEM blew out. That is why it should be plural.


3.When a windflaw came a flame blew out.

 

This 'blow out' is slightly different... In the above examples, 'blow out' means something like 'explode outwards'. Here blow means to blow with the mouth, or a wind blowing. So, BLOW has to be connected to a Subject (the thing that is blowing) that CAN blow. A flame cannot blow out. It can only BE BLOWN OUT (by the wind). So, for this sentence, you can say: A wind came and the flame was blown out. OR, A wind came and blew out the flame. Another example: You blow out your birthday candles. 

 

Another fun use of 'blow out' (at least in Australia).

If you have a budget for something (like for the month, or a party you are planning, maybe conducting some graduate research), and all of your spending is WAY more than your budget(!), you can say: the costs blew out! I blew my budget significantly!

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Are these sentences right?

 

1.Someone threw a stone into a window and broke it it blew out.
2.We were driving along a road when one of the tires blew was blown out.
3.When a the wind flaw came blew, the a candle flame blew went out.

When a sudden gust of wind came, the flame was /extinguished/snuffed out/died/.

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Are these sentences right?

1.Someone threw a stone into a window and it blew out shattered.
2.We were driving along a road when one of the tires blew out.
3.When a windflaw came the flame blew out.

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