A Confussing Sentence : "Where did you get hurt?"
What if I was asked the question in the title,
Which answer should come out;
1. the place where I got hurt at, or,
2. the location where I got hurt on my body,
or,
3. both of answers are correct for the question but it depends on the situation.
It's really confussing to me.
PLEASE, HELP ME OUT, GUYS!!
I would say the third in theory, but the second in practice in most cases (which is essentially a subcase of the third).
thanks for the message, Travis. however, when i did google for searching the usage of the sentence, i thought answers were more about no.1 case.. would somebody else make an answer about this? I wanna gather more opinions..
If someone says "Where did you get hurt?" and at the same time
sees a plaster cast on your left leg, then by deduction you can conclude this person means the place where you got hurt. There is a dependence on the situation.
Instead of "where did you get hurt?", a native would typically ask, "where are you hurt?" or "what did you injure?", to which one would reply:
I injured my...(foot, knee, ankle).
Your first phrase doesn't relate to the body, but means something different:
1. the place where I got hurt at
- I got hurt at... (work, school, the concert)
And 2. just sounds unnecessarily verbose:
2. the location where I got hurt on my body
Travis was correct from the start. It depends entirely on context. Practically speaking, if you were involved in a conversation where this question arose you would know how to answer it.
Dear Geoff_One, Meh and Paul.
your answers means really alot to me.
Thank you alot for your tips. THANK YOU!
for the first you would just say "Where are you hurt?"