
Struck vs Stricken - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 25, 2015 · Is struck or stricken correct in these sentences? The house was stricken / struck by lightning. The house had been stricken / struck by lightning. He was stricken / struck by grief, …
What does “on the stricken” mean in this passage from The Hobbit?
1 "Stricken" in this case likely refers to "Affected by something overwhelming, such as disease, trouble, or painful emotion". Those who have bats latched onto them are "Stricken" with those …
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Jan 12, 2016 · Consider Compassionate. Definition: pitying, sympathizing, showing a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a …
subjunctive mood - Conjugation of "smite" - unsure of all forms ...
I know the James l Version of the Bible records the case of the woman 'well stricken in years'. But I think modern English has abandoned 'stricken' as a past participle.
Word for overwhelming grief - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jul 16, 2012 · To be grief stricken is an idiom descibing the condition of suffering overwhelming grief, but this is not what you get from watching a sad movie. If someone is so upset that they …
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Oct 31, 2014 · High poverty is a compound adjective, meaning being very poverty-stricken. A high-poverty public school is a public school that is poverty-stricken, which presumably will …
What do you call the facial expression or the state just before ...
Jan 19, 2016 · 1 I think 'stricken' can apply but only to the stage before tears of unhappiness or grief. Clare Danes in that gif certainly looks stricken. Quoting Oxford Dictionaries stricken …
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Jul 29, 2016 · It's opinion because others may think your suggestions poor, as sounding unidiomatic, as being ambiguous ('stricken from the document' means 'removed' rather than …
Punctuation and Flow: “If not” [closed] - English Language
I am considering the portion that has been stricken out as parenthetical and nonessential. Without rephrasing the sentence, it can be punctuated in a few different ways—including how it was …
Series vs Serial vs TV show - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jun 5, 2020 · I am confused - what is difference between these words? Breaking Bad, True Detective are they series or serial? On popular streaming sites I can see only TV series or TV …