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Is ''strikes a hurdle" grammatically correct?
For example can I say: "The pandemic strikes a hurdle for many doctors."?
Is ''strikes a hurdle" grammatically correct?
For example can I say: "The pandemic strikes a hurdle for many doctors."?
For example can I say: "The pandemic strikes a hurdle for many doctors."?
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Yes. "Strikes a hurdle is ok," but I would say it this way:
"The pandemic is a hurdle for many doctors" or "The pandemic creates a hurdle for many doctors."
In conversational American English we don't say "strikes a hurdle" too often at all.
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