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<\/a><\/div>\nWhat fighting verbs? Verbs that fight<\/span>. You don’t get it. Read the following sentences:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDon’t hit<\/span> each other.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\nDon’t hit<\/span> her head. <\/span> <\/div>\nSo the verb ‘hit’ is basically for fighting<\/span>, right? It comes with lots of actions, and when you hit you hit it with your hands or feet.<\/p>\nYet in American <\/span>English, (business<\/span>) people use the verb ‘hit’ quite a lot:<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-p9vSoZC22r8\/Uu-lR6LU7XI\/AAAAAAAADlY\/ujti30pEbCA\/s1600\/Hit+a+new+high.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\nOur sales hit<\/span> a new high last month.<\/span><\/div>\nBut think about it. What does it mean? You hit<\/span> it with your hand or what? I mean you can hit a person, a ball or whatever. But how<\/span> did sales hit a new high? That is, sales are not a person,<\/span> not even an animal<\/span>. How is it possible<\/span> for sales to hit something<\/span><\/span>?<\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/h3>\nVERBS: THE AMERICAN STYLE<\/span><\/h3>\nThis is one of the ways Americans pick their choice<\/span> <\/span>of verbs. They want fighting, more fighting. Actually, they do not really fight<\/span>. But they simply embed that style<\/span> into the verbs they use.<\/p>\nWhen they want to say ‘reach<\/span>‘ a new high, they don’t use ‘reach’. They hit <\/span>a new high.<\/p>\nWhen something bad<\/span> happens to their company, they use ‘hit’ again:<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ITRou9cV9lE\/Uu-qspxbSDI\/AAAAAAAADls\/YtDDbmyuWCA\/s1600\/hit+hard+by+red.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n Our company is hit hard<\/span> by the rise of cost<\/span>.<\/p>\nHIT IT THE AMERICAN WAY<\/span><\/h3>\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\nWell, Americans really like<\/span> the Fighting Verb ‘hit’ so much that they use it quite often<\/span>. The following table shows some of the common <\/span>ones:<\/span><\/div>\n
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So the verb ‘hit’ is basically for fighting<\/span>, right? It comes with lots of actions, and when you hit you hit it with your hands or feet.<\/p>\n Yet in American <\/span>English, (business<\/span>) people use the verb ‘hit’ quite a lot:<\/p>\n But think about it. What does it mean? You hit<\/span> it with your hand or what? I mean you can hit a person, a ball or whatever. But how<\/span> did sales hit a new high? That is, sales are not a person,<\/span> not even an animal<\/span>. How is it possible<\/span> for sales to hit something<\/span><\/span>?<\/p>\n This is one of the ways Americans pick their choice<\/span> <\/span>of verbs. They want fighting, more fighting. Actually, they do not really fight<\/span>. But they simply embed that style<\/span> into the verbs they use.<\/p>\n When they want to say ‘reach<\/span>‘ a new high, they don’t use ‘reach’. They hit <\/span>a new high.<\/p>\n When something bad<\/span> happens to their company, they use ‘hit’ again:<\/p>\n Our company is hit hard<\/span> by the rise of cost<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span><\/h3>\nVERBS: THE AMERICAN STYLE<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nHIT IT THE AMERICAN WAY<\/span><\/h3>\n
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