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Pseudonymo
24 January

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  • English (US)
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What does It is possible to say : "I kicked the door open."
(= I opened the door with my foot)

So, is it possible to say "The school bell rang the class end"?
(= The class finished when the school bell rang.)

Thanks in advance. mean?
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AlmostNever
24 January

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@Pseudonymo It is not. To add to what others have said, "open" is a valid adjective (meaning "ouvert"), while "end" is not. In "I kicked the door open," the word "open" functions as an adjective.

Here are some sentences that I believe are grammatically correct, although they do sound very odd.

"The bell rang the class finished."
"The bell rang the class over."
"The bell rang the class complete"

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tokyofroodle
24 January

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The school bell rang to mark the end of class.

Class finished when the bell rang.

The first sounds like a sentence from a novel, the second sounds more natural for speaking.

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T1M3BR34K
24 January

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"I kicked the door open." means that you forced the door open, likely breaking it. Like police etc do it when entering a locked room.

"The school bell rang the class end" sounds quite unnatural to me, maybe you could say "The school bell indicated that the class (had) ended."

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Pseudonymo
24 January

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@tokyofroodle @T1M3BR34K

Thanks a lot! I got it, it is not natural to say "the bell rang the class end", but it is correct, grammatically speaking ?
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T1M3BR34K
24 January

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@Pseudonymo I'm not 100% sure, but I'd say it's not.

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tokyofroodle
24 January

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@Pseudonymo
In that sentence I would say, “The bell rang the class’ [class + ’s] end.”
Again, that sentence would be in a novel/book instead of when speaking.

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AlmostNever
24 January

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@Pseudonymo It is not. To add to what others have said, "open" is a valid adjective (meaning "ouvert"), while "end" is not. In "I kicked the door open," the word "open" functions as an adjective.

Here are some sentences that I believe are grammatically correct, although they do sound very odd.

"The bell rang the class finished."
"The bell rang the class over."
"The bell rang the class complete"

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