Historically, to fell is a causative formed from to fall ("cause to fall"), just as lay is a causative from lie and raise from rise; but that history has no particular significance in modern speech. –

Fall: to move towards the ground because of gravity, or more generally to move downwards. For example, "I saw Smith fall when the rope that he was climbing broke", or "Housing prices will fall." Fall down: to move downwards by accident and hit the ground or floor. For example, "Harry tripped over his son's toys and fell down" or "There was an ...

Notice that these examples fall under well-established categories of acceptable, standard English. There is no record of "fall under a category" in none of my learner's dictionaries. Instead, they all say "fall into a category". For example: "Voters fall into three main categories." "Students over 25 fall into a different category."

2020年5月29日 · What is the meaning of by fall in the following sentence. The once-unthinkable toll appears to be just the beginning of untold misery in the months ahead as Las Vegas casinos and Walt Disney World make plans to reopen, crowds of unmasked Americans swarm beaches and public health officials predict a resurgence by fall.

2020年5月23日 · Fall in/fall into/fall to. Ask Question Asked 4 years, 10 months ago. Modified 4 years, 10 months ago.

2018年7月3日 · Fall apart means to break or decompose, and is used for things that are constructed or built. Ground and floor-like things can't "fall apart" - they can "break up", "break down", "break apart" but not "fall apart." Crumble means to break into small pieces. Rain won't ever do that to ground unless flooding is involved, which is different than rain.

2021年10月18日 · Practised Anglophones avoid the past perfect unless it's absolutely necessary. Here, as pragmatics (the way the language is actually used) and logic inform us that the fall came before the journey to hospital, the first variant will almost always be chosen. In fact, using the second variant hints strongly at a considerable delay. –

2017年12月7日 · Fall victim to is a complete idiom in English and is generally used with diseases, disasters, and other catastrophic situations. Otherwise, use victim of. In the 14th century, about half of Europe's population fell victim to the plague. Don't click on unknown links in your email or you might fall victim to a phishing scheme.

2020年6月23日 · Fall out implies being in something and then falling so you were no longer inside. So you might fall out of the door. Note that it also has figurative uses, if you fall out with someone then it means you are now no longer a friend with them. If a military detachment is instructed to fall out it means they can leave their formation and disperse.

2023年12月9日 · He fell from/off the horse and broke his arm I'm in doubt. Which version sounds more natural in English?