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Something has bitten you vs Something has bit you

Both phrases are grammatically correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Something has bitten you' is the more common and natural way to express that an unknown creature or object has caused a bite. On the other hand, 'something has bit you' is less common and may be used in informal or colloquial speech.

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Something has bitten you

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that an unknown creature or object has caused a bite on someone.

Examples:

  • I think something has bitten you on the arm.
  • Be careful, something has bitten you on the leg.
  • It looks like something has bitten you on the hand.
  • It seems as if the something bitten.
  • At first, you think you've bitten into something horribly wrong.
  • Boy, something poisonous must have bitten him today.
  • After one has bitten you, it will track you for hours, days just waiting for the toxins to slowly eat away at your nervous system till you're good and helpless, then it will devour you alive.
  • Perhaps it's a mosquito has bitten me.
  • You can see where the ligature has bitten into the neck.
  • But in the last few weeks of her life, this dog, it has bitten her more than once.
  • No I don't think so unless Mrs. Van de Put has bitten him.
  • According to traditional mythology, if you kill a vampire before the sun comes up, anyone he or she has bitten that night will return back to their human form.
  • So it has bitten the bullet, it is a serious response, and one which I commend.
  • Has your dog bitten you before?
  • BUT I'M AFRAID GENERAL GORDON HAS BITTEN MR. ROBINSON'S FINGER.
  • Overnight, we have had the economically calamitous, but unsurprising, news that another country has bitten the dust and that Portugal is going to have to be bailed out.
  • Has a dog ever bitten you?
  • Something has to change, something has to give.
  • So she and Paul were both bitten you, but none of you have seen and those who 'was?
  • But something has changed out there.
  • Something has to be done about this building.
  • Something has to be wrong with you.
  • And I realized that something has changed.

Alternatives:

  • You have been bitten by something.
  • Something bit you.
  • It seems like something has taken a bite out of you.

Something has bit you

This phrase is also correct, but less common in standard English.

This phrase may be used in informal or colloquial speech to express the same idea as 'something has bitten you.'

Examples:

  • Ouch! Something has bit you on the foot.
  • I think something has bit you on the hand.

Alternatives:

  • You got bit by something.
  • Something took a bite out of you.
  • Something has given you a bite.

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