Please read:
a. A dog darted across the road. b. A plane shot across the sky. c. He’s just nipped out to the bank.
Can “dart”, “shoot”, “nip” be interchangeable in these 3 sentences? If not, please explain the difference in meaning of the 3 verbs?
Thanks K
Hi,
Your sentences: (meanings in brackets)
a. A dog darted across the road. (ran quickly like a dart) b. A plane shot across the sky. (moved very fast like a bullet from a gun) c. He’s just nipped out to the bank. (gone out but will be back soon)
Alan