Is “bridles lashing about the horses” correct?
Not sure what preposition + verb combinations you can use with bridles and horses. Is there a way of figuring these out as a non-native speaker? I feel you can only know after memorizing a couple of examples.
Anyway, the real question is the following:
Is the following grammatically correct?
The bridles were lashing about the horses as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
I am not sure why, but there's something about this sentence that doesn't seem right.
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Not sure what preposition + verb combinations you can use with bridles and horses. Is there a way of figuring these out as a non-native speaker? I feel you can only know after memorizing a couple of examples.
Anyway, the real question is the following:
Is the following grammatically correct?
The bridles were lashing about the horses as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
I am not sure why, but there's something about this sentence that doesn't seem right.
grammar
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There's nothing grammatically wrong with that. I might suggest using reins instead of bridles, because the reins are the particular part of the bridle that is free to lash about.
– Canadian Yankee
4 hours ago
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@CanadianYankee I am not sure that reins are considered part of the bridle. When you put a horse in a pasture or stall, you may still bridle the horse, but the bridle will have neither bit nor reins. As I said, not sure.
– Jeff Morrow
3 hours ago
Dependingon the dictionary consulted, a bridle may or may not include the reins and bit. In any event, it would be the reins that would be lashing about, and any suggestion that it was either the headstall or the bit that were lashing about would indicate someone did a very poor job putting it on, or that it had suffered some form of structural failure. In either event, my sympathy goes to the horse. Well, my sympathy always goes to any horse someone has felt the need to put a bit in their mouth.
– Ed Grimm
1 hour ago
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Not sure what preposition + verb combinations you can use with bridles and horses. Is there a way of figuring these out as a non-native speaker? I feel you can only know after memorizing a couple of examples.
Anyway, the real question is the following:
Is the following grammatically correct?
The bridles were lashing about the horses as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
I am not sure why, but there's something about this sentence that doesn't seem right.
grammar
asked 5 hours ago
repomonsterrepomonster
855
Not sure what preposition + verb combinations you can use with bridles and horses. Is there a way of figuring these out as a non-native speaker? I feel you can only know after memorizing a couple of examples.
Anyway, the real question is the following:
Is the following grammatically correct?
The bridles were lashing about the horses as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
I am not sure why, but there's something about this sentence that doesn't seem right.
grammar
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There's nothing grammatically wrong with that. I might suggest using reins instead of bridles, because the reins are the particular part of the bridle that is free to lash about.
– Canadian Yankee
4 hours ago
1
@CanadianYankee I am not sure that reins are considered part of the bridle. When you put a horse in a pasture or stall, you may still bridle the horse, but the bridle will have neither bit nor reins. As I said, not sure.
– Jeff Morrow
3 hours ago
Dependingon the dictionary consulted, a bridle may or may not include the reins and bit. In any event, it would be the reins that would be lashing about, and any suggestion that it was either the headstall or the bit that were lashing about would indicate someone did a very poor job putting it on, or that it had suffered some form of structural failure. In either event, my sympathy goes to the horse. Well, my sympathy always goes to any horse someone has felt the need to put a bit in their mouth.
– Ed Grimm
1 hour ago
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There's nothing grammatically wrong with that. I might suggest using reins instead of bridles, because the reins are the particular part of the bridle that is free to lash about.
– Canadian Yankee
4 hours ago
1
@CanadianYankee I am not sure that reins are considered part of the bridle. When you put a horse in a pasture or stall, you may still bridle the horse, but the bridle will have neither bit nor reins. As I said, not sure.
– Jeff Morrow
3 hours ago
Dependingon the dictionary consulted, a bridle may or may not include the reins and bit. In any event, it would be the reins that would be lashing about, and any suggestion that it was either the headstall or the bit that were lashing about would indicate someone did a very poor job putting it on, or that it had suffered some form of structural failure. In either event, my sympathy goes to the horse. Well, my sympathy always goes to any horse someone has felt the need to put a bit in their mouth.
– Ed Grimm
1 hour ago
1
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There's nothing grammatically wrong with that. I might suggest using reins instead of bridles, because the reins are the particular part of the bridle that is free to lash about.
– Canadian Yankee
4 hours ago
There's nothing grammatically wrong with that. I might suggest using reins instead of bridles, because the reins are the particular part of the bridle that is free to lash about.
– Canadian Yankee
4 hours ago
1
1
@CanadianYankee I am not sure that reins are considered part of the bridle. When you put a horse in a pasture or stall, you may still bridle the horse, but the bridle will have neither bit nor reins. As I said, not sure.
– Jeff Morrow
3 hours ago
@CanadianYankee I am not sure that reins are considered part of the bridle. When you put a horse in a pasture or stall, you may still bridle the horse, but the bridle will have neither bit nor reins. As I said, not sure.
– Jeff Morrow
3 hours ago
Dependingon the dictionary consulted, a bridle may or may not include the reins and bit. In any event, it would be the reins that would be lashing about, and any suggestion that it was either the headstall or the bit that were lashing about would indicate someone did a very poor job putting it on, or that it had suffered some form of structural failure. In either event, my sympathy goes to the horse. Well, my sympathy always goes to any horse someone has felt the need to put a bit in their mouth.
– Ed Grimm
1 hour ago
Dependingon the dictionary consulted, a bridle may or may not include the reins and bit. In any event, it would be the reins that would be lashing about, and any suggestion that it was either the headstall or the bit that were lashing about would indicate someone did a very poor job putting it on, or that it had suffered some form of structural failure. In either event, my sympathy goes to the horse. Well, my sympathy always goes to any horse someone has felt the need to put a bit in their mouth.
– Ed Grimm
1 hour ago
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Bridles are the headgear placed on horses' heads in order to keep them controlled:
It wouldn't make any sense to say that this headgear was lashing about the horses. If it were loose in that way, it would be a serious problem.
Instead, the word you're looking for is most likely reins:
[Merriam-Webster]
: a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal —usually used in plural
In the picture, the reins are the straps that have been fastened to the horse's bridle, through a ring that's also connected to the bit in its mouth.
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I don’t know where you found your original sentence, but the way you mention prepositions and verbs makes me wonder if you’re analyzing it correctly.
It’s not:
The bridles were lashing [about the horses]...
where about is a preposition; rather, about is an adverb, describing how the bridles were lashing.
Consider this definition from Wordnik:
about (adv.) All around; on every side: Let's look about for help.
So, your sentence could be rephrased as:
The bridles were lashing all around the horses as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
One way we can tell that about is an adverb here is that we can omit the phrase “the horses” and the sentence still makes sense:
The bridles were lashing about as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
I’m not going to address the difference between bridles and reins as that was already discussed in another answer.
answered 1 hour ago
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Bridles are the headgear placed on horses' heads in order to keep them controlled:
It wouldn't make any sense to say that this headgear was lashing about the horses. If it were loose in that way, it would be a serious problem.
Instead, the word you're looking for is most likely reins:
[Merriam-Webster]
: a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal —usually used in plural
In the picture, the reins are the straps that have been fastened to the horse's bridle, through a ring that's also connected to the bit in its mouth.
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answered 4 hours ago
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Bridles are the headgear placed on horses' heads in order to keep them controlled:
It wouldn't make any sense to say that this headgear was lashing about the horses. If it were loose in that way, it would be a serious problem.
Instead, the word you're looking for is most likely reins:
[Merriam-Webster]
: a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal —usually used in plural
In the picture, the reins are the straps that have been fastened to the horse's bridle, through a ring that's also connected to the bit in its mouth.
edited 1 hour ago
J.R.♦
98.5k8127244
answered 4 hours ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
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add a comment |
Bridles are the headgear placed on horses' heads in order to keep them controlled:
It wouldn't make any sense to say that this headgear was lashing about the horses. If it were loose in that way, it would be a serious problem.
Instead, the word you're looking for is most likely reins:
[Merriam-Webster]
: a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal —usually used in plural
In the picture, the reins are the straps that have been fastened to the horse's bridle, through a ring that's also connected to the bit in its mouth.
edited 1 hour ago
J.R.♦
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answered 4 hours ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
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Bridles are the headgear placed on horses' heads in order to keep them controlled:
It wouldn't make any sense to say that this headgear was lashing about the horses. If it were loose in that way, it would be a serious problem.
Instead, the word you're looking for is most likely reins:
[Merriam-Webster]
: a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal —usually used in plural
In the picture, the reins are the straps that have been fastened to the horse's bridle, through a ring that's also connected to the bit in its mouth.
edited 1 hour ago
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answered 4 hours ago
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I don’t know where you found your original sentence, but the way you mention prepositions and verbs makes me wonder if you’re analyzing it correctly.
It’s not:
The bridles were lashing [about the horses]...
where about is a preposition; rather, about is an adverb, describing how the bridles were lashing.
Consider this definition from Wordnik:
about (adv.) All around; on every side: Let's look about for help.
So, your sentence could be rephrased as:
The bridles were lashing all around the horses as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
One way we can tell that about is an adverb here is that we can omit the phrase “the horses” and the sentence still makes sense:
The bridles were lashing about as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
I’m not going to address the difference between bridles and reins as that was already discussed in another answer.
answered 1 hour ago
J.R.♦J.R.
98.5k8127244
add a comment |
I don’t know where you found your original sentence, but the way you mention prepositions and verbs makes me wonder if you’re analyzing it correctly.
It’s not:
The bridles were lashing [about the horses]...
where about is a preposition; rather, about is an adverb, describing how the bridles were lashing.
Consider this definition from Wordnik:
about (adv.) All around; on every side: Let's look about for help.
So, your sentence could be rephrased as:
The bridles were lashing all around the horses as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
One way we can tell that about is an adverb here is that we can omit the phrase “the horses” and the sentence still makes sense:
The bridles were lashing about as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
I’m not going to address the difference between bridles and reins as that was already discussed in another answer.
answered 1 hour ago
J.R.♦J.R.
98.5k8127244
add a comment |
I don’t know where you found your original sentence, but the way you mention prepositions and verbs makes me wonder if you’re analyzing it correctly.
It’s not:
The bridles were lashing [about the horses]...
where about is a preposition; rather, about is an adverb, describing how the bridles were lashing.
Consider this definition from Wordnik:
about (adv.) All around; on every side: Let's look about for help.
So, your sentence could be rephrased as:
The bridles were lashing all around the horses as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
One way we can tell that about is an adverb here is that we can omit the phrase “the horses” and the sentence still makes sense:
The bridles were lashing about as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
I’m not going to address the difference between bridles and reins as that was already discussed in another answer.
answered 1 hour ago
J.R.♦J.R.
98.5k8127244
I don’t know where you found your original sentence, but the way you mention prepositions and verbs makes me wonder if you’re analyzing it correctly.
It’s not:
The bridles were lashing [about the horses]...
where about is a preposition; rather, about is an adverb, describing how the bridles were lashing.
Consider this definition from Wordnik:
about (adv.) All around; on every side: Let's look about for help.
So, your sentence could be rephrased as:
The bridles were lashing all around the horses as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
One way we can tell that about is an adverb here is that we can omit the phrase “the horses” and the sentence still makes sense:
The bridles were lashing about as the horsemen were trying to escape the King's cavalry.
I’m not going to address the difference between bridles and reins as that was already discussed in another answer.
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There's nothing grammatically wrong with that. I might suggest using reins instead of bridles, because the reins are the particular part of the bridle that is free to lash about.
– Canadian Yankee
4 hours ago
1
@CanadianYankee I am not sure that reins are considered part of the bridle. When you put a horse in a pasture or stall, you may still bridle the horse, but the bridle will have neither bit nor reins. As I said, not sure.
– Jeff Morrow
3 hours ago
Dependingon the dictionary consulted, a bridle may or may not include the reins and bit. In any event, it would be the reins that would be lashing about, and any suggestion that it was either the headstall or the bit that were lashing about would indicate someone did a very poor job putting it on, or that it had suffered some form of structural failure. In either event, my sympathy goes to the horse. Well, my sympathy always goes to any horse someone has felt the need to put a bit in their mouth.
– Ed Grimm
1 hour ago