Re: car accident

See my comments below.

Bill Kelly
Connecticut USA

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Mulyana wrote:
> Thank you Bill,
> 
> How if I use 'make' instead of 'have', so the sentence will be 'I made an
> accident this morning while coming to work'. Do that sentence have same
> meaning with sentence number 4?

Correction:

What if I used 'make' instead of 'have,' so that the sentence would be 
'I made an accident this morning while coming to work.' Does that 
sentence have the same menaing as sentence number 4?

> Moel
> Indonesia
> CMIIW

No. 'I made an accident' is not the same as 'I had an accident.' 'I made 
an accident' means 'I caused an accident.'

But here most native speakers would say 'I caused an accident' rather 
than 'I made an accident' -- if that is what they meant.

> 
> On Friday 19 May 2006 17:32, Bill Kelly wrote:
>  > All of the following are correct:
>  >
>  > 4. I had an accident this morning while coming to work.
>  > 5. I met with an accident this morning while coming to work.
>  > 6. I got into an accident this morning while coming to work.
>  >
>  > Moel, your sentence is not correct. It is missing the word "into."
>  >
>  > Sentences 5 and 6 suggest that the accident was not your fault or not
>  > caused by you. On the other hand, sentence 4 leaves open the possibility
>  > that you were the cause of the accident.
>  >
>  > Bill Kelly
>  > Connecticut USA


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