Expression: The wooden cupboard to his right gave way...

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me how the given sentence sounds to you? Is it grammatically OK?

1- The wooden cupboard to his right gave way and came tumbling on him.

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

I'd add the word "down":

The wooden cupboard to his right gave way and came tumbling down on him.
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[Conchita]

And I'd have said: 'The wooden cupboard on his right...'.

[Pyro]

[Yankee]

Hi Pyro

Using the word "onto" is also OK. In fact, "onto" has a sense of motion in it since it literally means "to a position on".

Amy
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[Pyro]

Thanks for clarifying! I wasn't too sure whether that would work or not.

[MrPedantic]

[Alan]

Hi,

Surely the use of 'tumble down' here is intentionally graphic suggesting almost that the cupboard is animate.

Alan
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