Timeline for Burst in or into laughter?
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| Mar 1, 2015 at 19:01 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Jan 15, 2015 at 10:27 | answer | added | rogermue | timeline score: -2 | |
| Jan 15, 2015 at 10:05 | answer | added | Nels_on | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 19, 2013 at 9:50 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 19, 2013 at 9:43 | answer | added | Mustafa | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 26, 2012 at 5:35 | comment | added | J.R. | If the joke is funny enough, I might burst out in laughter, or I might burst into laughter, but I won't burst in laughter. The word "in" is just not used that way. | |
| May 25, 2012 at 23:20 | comment | added | Purag | @J.R.: That's exactly it, and can't "out" be remove from that sentence while maintaining proper grammar? | |
| May 25, 2012 at 15:07 | answer | added | user21497 | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 25, 2012 at 9:14 | comment | added | J.R. | Although one might hear bursting out in laughter | |
| May 25, 2012 at 4:01 | comment | added | Callithumpian | Related: Is “burst oneself laughing” a valid expression? | |
| May 25, 2012 at 3:52 | comment | added | John Lawler | The fixed phrase is burst into laughter. In is not used. | |
| May 25, 2012 at 3:37 | history | asked | Purag | CC BY-SA 3.0 |