Oct 16, 2012 · causative: fell, felled, has/be felled, as opposed to intransitive: fall, fell, has fallen However, felling a dynasty or regime, or anything except a man, animal, or tree, is pretty rare today; …

Apr 13, 2018 · I'm interested in the distinctions between these three terms. Here's what I already know: timber is wood that is still attached to the ground, and still has its bark on. Lumber is already felled, a...

Feb 21, 2018 · Felling is associated with the idea of (some agent) making the subject fall, while falling refers simply to the subject's fall. fell verb 1 Cut down (a tree) ‘33 million trees are felled each day’ …

Down in the phrase He fell down the stairs is an adverb, as is off in the following: She fell off her bicycle. Although in both instances the person ends up on the ground, in the latter we don't normally say: …

Oct 21, 2011 · -3 Does it come from pioneer days of sawing trees by hand? Top dog was the one on top, and clean, underdog was the one in the pit below the felled tree sawing away getting covered in …

Apr 29, 2021 · Which sentence below is grammatically correct? I didn't answer your questions because I had fallen asleep early last night. I didn't answer your questions because I fell asleep early last night. ...

Same thing here: "a great distance" is not what was "felled", it was how the thing fell. By the way, "fell" can also be a transitive verb, though the usage is not common.

Subjectively, I feel there is a difference between the two. Since the focus of "fell to the ground" is on the distance moved to the ground, I would expect the next sentence to focus on the damage to the wings …

Mar 29, 2014 · Which you should prefer depends on the particular circumstances, and what is being fallen from (or off). You would usually fall off a bicycle, off the wagon or off the radar. You might fall …

Nov 26, 2025 · A notorious incident in Bentley family history is when William, the first Bentley in America, murdered his neighbor Thomas Godby on February 9th, 1628. The incident was detailed at …