Penetrate the pen through the paper?

[cheerfulscience]

Hi, can we say

"I penetrated the pen through the paper"

Instead of

"I penetrated the paper with the pen" ?

 

[JulianStuart]

No.

 

[Egmont]

The direct object of the verb "to penetrate" is the item that is penetrated, in this case the paper. If you say "I penetrated the pen," it means that you made a hole in the pen.

 

[kentix]

I pushed the pen through the paper. The pushing is acting on the pen.

 

[Barque]

"I penetrated the pen through the paper"

Could you tell us what you want to say in different words please, and also if the action was deliberate or not?

 

[velisarius]

I don't think our answers for "penetrated" would be any different from those you received here for "pierced":

Pierce the pen through the paper?

 

[london calling]

I don't think our answers for "penetrated" would be any different from those you received here for "pierced":

Pierce the pen through the paper?

I was about to say exactly the same thing.