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Old November 29th 16, 05:43 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cyclist mows down a child, blames the child and clears off.

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Old November 29th 16, 07:11 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cyclist mows down a child, blames the child and clears off.

On 29/11/2016 16:43, MrCheerful wrote:

https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/201...oke-newington/


QUOTE:
An 11-year-old schoolboy suffered a nasty shoulder injury after he was
clattered by a cyclist as he crossed Wordsworth Road on his way to
school last week.
ENDQUOTE

Sympathies to the child.

What is this "clattered", used as a transitive verb?
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Old November 30th 16, 11:04 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Peter Keller[_3_]
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Default Cyclist mows down a child, blames the child and clears off.

On 30.11.2016 07:11, JNugent wrote:
On 29/11/2016 16:43, MrCheerful wrote:

https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/201...oke-newington/


QUOTE:
An 11-year-old schoolboy suffered a nasty shoulder injury after he was
clattered by a cyclist as he crossed Wordsworth Road on his way to
school last week.
ENDQUOTE

Sympathies to the child.

What is this "clattered", used as a transitive verb?


I think the average English speaker does not know what a subject, a verb
or a direct object is, let alone whether a verb is transitive or
intransitive or ...
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Old November 30th 16, 05:44 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
jnugent
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Default Cyclist mows down a child, blames the child and clears off.

On 30/11/2016 10:04, Peter Keller wrote:

On 30.11.2016 07:11, JNugent wrote:
On 29/11/2016 16:43, MrCheerful wrote:


https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/201...oke-newington/


QUOTE:
An 11-year-old schoolboy suffered a nasty shoulder injury after he was
clattered by a cyclist as he crossed Wordsworth Road on his way to
school last week.
ENDQUOTE


Sympathies to the child.
What is this "clattered", used as a transitive verb?


I think the average English speaker does not know what a subject, a verb
or a direct object is, let alone whether a verb is transitive or
intransitive or ...


I fear you may be right.
 




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