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a***@gmail.com
2018-07-09 07:04:46 UTC
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1) She jumped off the balcony of the second floor and landed on her
feet, uninjured.

2) He fell of the horse and landed on his back, unscathed.


Are the sentences grammatical?
Are they idiomatic?

I think they work, but I don't like the past participles there.
The idea is that the falls did not injure them. They are not uninjured when they
land. The landing doesn't injure them.


Gratefully,
Navi
Athel Cornish-Bowden
2018-07-09 07:43:16 UTC
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1) She jumped off the balcony of the second floor and landed on her
feet, uninjured.
2) He fell of the horse and landed on his back, unscathed.
Are the sentences grammatical?
Yes (apart "of" rather than "off" in 2.
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Are they idiomatic?
Yes, though 2 is unbelievable.
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I think they work, but I don't like the past participles there.
The idea is that the falls did not injure them. They are not uninjured when they
land. The landing doesn't injure them.
An interesting case here, in that the "explanation" is more difficult
to understand than the original sentences.
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athel
Mark Brader
2018-07-09 19:18:36 UTC
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Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
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2) He fell of the horse and landed on his back, unscathed.
Are the sentences grammatical?
Yes (apart "of" rather than "off" in 2.
(Oops, I missed that myself.)
Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
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Are they idiomatic?
Yes, though 2 is unbelievable.
Maybe there happened to be something soft to land on, just there.
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s***@gmail.com
2018-07-09 20:43:59 UTC
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Post by Mark Brader
Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
Post by a***@gmail.com
2) He fell of the horse and landed on his back, unscathed.
Are the sentences grammatical?
Yes (apart "of" rather than "off" in 2.
(Oops, I missed that myself.)
Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
Post by a***@gmail.com
Are they idiomatic?
Yes, though 2 is unbelievable.
Maybe there happened to be something soft to land on, just there.
If the arena has just been dragged [1], and you don't land on any of the gates.

[1] "just been" is often satisfied when the tractor did the dragging
before the first class [2] at 9 am, and it's only 11 am now.
On the other hand, walking through a just-dragged arena
can help high-mileage knees achieve tendonitis.

[2] The bronc riders in the rodeo deal with rounds, not classes,
but I'm sure that after 8 seconds they are happy that the arena
was dragged before their shot from the chute.

/dps

Peter T. Daniels
2018-07-09 11:28:43 UTC
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1) She jumped off the balcony of the second floor and landed on her
feet, uninjured.
"second floor balcony"
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2) He fell of the horse and landed on his back, unscathed.
"unscathed" is a strange choice, if it refers to the effect of the fall.
Did he fall off the horse because he was ducking an arrow or a lance?
Post by a***@gmail.com
Are the sentences grammatical?
Are they idiomatic?
I think they work, but I don't like the past participles there.
The idea is that the falls did not injure them. They are not uninjured when they
land. The landing doesn't injure them.
Peter Duncanson [BrE]
2018-07-09 12:08:45 UTC
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On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 04:28:43 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
Post by Peter T. Daniels
Post by a***@gmail.com
1) She jumped off the balcony of the second floor and landed on her
feet, uninjured.
"second floor balcony"
Post by a***@gmail.com
2) He fell of the horse and landed on his back, unscathed.
"unscathed" is a strange choice, if it refers to the effect of the fall.
Did he fall off the horse because he was ducking an arrow or a lance?
According to this, "unscathed" means "Without suffering any injury,
damage, or harm"
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/unscathed
so it could refer to the lack of harm caused by hitting the ground.

Personally I wouldn't use "unscathed" in that context. I'd use
"unharmed" or "uninjured".
Post by Peter T. Daniels
Post by a***@gmail.com
Are the sentences grammatical?
Are they idiomatic?
I think they work, but I don't like the past participles there.
The idea is that the falls did not injure them. They are not uninjured when they
land. The landing doesn't injure them.
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Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
Peter T. Daniels
2018-07-09 15:59:02 UTC
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Post by Peter Duncanson [BrE]
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 04:28:43 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
Post by Peter T. Daniels
Post by a***@gmail.com
1) She jumped off the balcony of the second floor and landed on her
feet, uninjured.
"second floor balcony"
Post by a***@gmail.com
2) He fell of the horse and landed on his back, unscathed.
"unscathed" is a strange choice, if it refers to the effect of the fall.
Did he fall off the horse because he was ducking an arrow or a lance?
According to this, "unscathed" means "Without suffering any injury,
damage, or harm"
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/unscathed
so it could refer to the lack of harm caused by hitting the ground.
Personally I wouldn't use "unscathed" in that context. I'd use
"unharmed" or "uninjured".
Scathing seems to refer to deliberate injury, or maybe life-threatening
injury -- I think you can escape from a fire unscathed, but you don't
say that of recovering from a skinned knee or a paper cut. Except for
humorous intent.
Post by Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Post by Peter T. Daniels
Post by a***@gmail.com
Are the sentences grammatical?
Are they idiomatic?
I think they work, but I don't like the past participles there.
The idea is that the falls did not injure them. They are not uninjured when they
land. The landing doesn't injure them.
--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
Madrigal Gurneyhalt
2018-07-09 17:15:49 UTC
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Post by Peter T. Daniels
Post by Peter Duncanson [BrE]
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 04:28:43 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
Post by Peter T. Daniels
Post by a***@gmail.com
1) She jumped off the balcony of the second floor and landed on her
feet, uninjured.
"second floor balcony"
Post by a***@gmail.com
2) He fell of the horse and landed on his back, unscathed.
"unscathed" is a strange choice, if it refers to the effect of the fall.
Did he fall off the horse because he was ducking an arrow or a lance?
According to this, "unscathed" means "Without suffering any injury,
damage, or harm"
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/unscathed
so it could refer to the lack of harm caused by hitting the ground.
Personally I wouldn't use "unscathed" in that context. I'd use
"unharmed" or "uninjured".
Scathing seems to refer to deliberate injury, or maybe life-threatening
injury -- I think you can escape from a fire unscathed, but you don't
say that of recovering from a skinned knee or a paper cut. Except for
humorous intent.
Don't skinned knees and paper cuts automatically qualify as
scathed then?
Mark Brader
2018-07-09 19:13:57 UTC
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1) She jumped off the balcony of the second floor and landed on her
feet, uninjured.
2) He fell of the horse and landed on his back, unscathed.
Are the sentences grammatical?
Are they idiomatic?
Yes.
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