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Injured Fell Leg Injure Part Body Manage Shoulder

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Keyword injure
Sub Entry Number 5
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence He fell and was injured in the leg.
Correct Sentence He fell and injured his leg.
Cloze Error Sentence He fell and [[was injured in the]] leg.
Cloze Sentence He fell and [[injured his]] leg.
Cloze Answer injured his
Choices injured his | was injured in the
Explanation

injure + a part of the body (WITHOUT in ): 'How did you manage to injure your shoulder?'

Compare: 'He'd been wounded in the leg and couldn't walk.'

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