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Fortunately Driver Wearing Seat Belt Injured Injure Transitive

Idx 1471
Keyword injure
Sub Entry Number 3
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Fortunately the driver was wearing his seat belt and so he did not injure.
Correct Sentence Fortunately the driver was wearing his seat belt and so he wasn't injured.
Cloze Error Sentence Fortunately the driver was wearing his seat belt and so he [[did not injure]].
Cloze Sentence Fortunately the driver was wearing his seat belt and so he [[wasn't injured]].
Cloze Answer wasn't injured
Choices did not injure | wasn't injured
Explanation

Injure is a transitive verb: 'Gibbs won't be playing because he's injured his knee.' In passive sentences, use be injured: 'You're lucky you weren't injured.'

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