Passed threw? Is it proper English?

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In addition, does "a musy visit" mean "a must-see visit"?

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As I open the door and passed threw the doorway I was very surprised to feel like I steped back in time. My friends had told me of this wonderful pub, but until you experence it for yourself you will never know the feeling of history. You feel the spirits of all the famous people like Charles Dickens. It is truely a pub I intend on visiting again. I enjoyed a wonderful pint of cider and very traditional English food. It is a musy visit on your London vacation.
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http://www.pubs.com/main_site/pub_details.php?pub_id=154

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[+3] - contrex - 03/16/2014[quote="gungasnake"]"Passed through" is very weird English usage[/quote] Maybe in America, but in Britain it is slightly formal but not at all 'weird'. Nor in Virginia,...

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@oristarA,

The proper word choice (or spelling of it) is 'through'.

Another correction for fixing would be in keeping with parallel voice and tense of the rest of the paragraph. The phrase should read "As I opened the door and passed through the doorway, ... {Edit: insert comma}". It should not read, "As I open ... "

FYI, the word 'threw' (past tense) means to toss or physically move something...for example, using your arm or arms.

You're correct. That was a typo and could be corrected to read as 'must-see' or 'must-visit'.

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A piece by a someone who is prone to spelling and grammar errors

As I open the door - As I opened the door
passed threw - passed through
steped - stepped
truely - truly
musy visit - probably a typo for 'must-visit'

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@contrex,

Right.

You forgot this one:

oristar wrote:

until you experence it for yourself

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@timur,

timur wrote:

Right.

You forgot this one:
oristar wrote:
until you experence it for yourself

Indeed. Well done.

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Cool.
Thank you all.

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@oristarA,

Normal English usage would be:

Quote:

As I opened the door and entered the doorway...

"Passed through" is very weird English usage and something you'd normally read in a science fiction novel "We passed through the Duck Feather Nebula..."

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@gungasnake,

gungasnake wrote:

"Passed through" is very weird English usage

Maybe in America, but in Britain it is slightly formal but not at all 'weird'. Nor in Virginia, apparently: "Passing through an airport security portal does not pose a risk to a pregnant woman" (The Health Physics Society)

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Don't sneer at American usage just because that idiot Gunga Dim makes a completely unwarranted claim.

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@Setanta,

Did you sneer, Contrex?

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@contrex,

An airport security portal would be like some sort of a field, passing through it would be a reasonable thing; passing through a doorway is not reasonable.

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@oristarA,

Imagine a review of "Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese" having grammatical shortcomings.

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/2d/f2/b9/ye-old-cheshire-cheese.jpg

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