Okay, (Hi, first time poster here) I'm writing a scene where my protagonist is grabbed by two soldiers. I've written (gripped on both arms) but I'm not sure if it should be (gripped by both arms) and both sound right but I dunno, I guess I wanted a second opinion. Any takers?
"A hand caught her hood yanking her to her feet, struggling against her captors Ellery threw her body forwards but found herself gripped on both arms by two armoured men who towered over her." I just realised looking at that how many times I used the word her. Haha oh well this is still the first draft.
It should be 'gripped by' instead of 'gripped on' Although, the sentence kinda needs a bit of work...but yeah, first draft
yes, 'by'... but then you need to reword what comes next, so you're not repeating it... also, everything up to the comma is a totally separate sentence, can't be tacked onto what comes next and make any sense...