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Oct 27, 2010 6:58:10 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 6:58:10 GMT
Thaw out Rinse out Look out Find out
Why the "out" ?
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Oct 27, 2010 8:02:47 GMT
Post by onlymark on Oct 27, 2010 8:02:47 GMT
Obviously from your other post this word seems to be on your mind at the moment. I suggest you get it all out in one go to feel a sense of catharsis.
and his wife had gone out all night. Her father called when she was out.
had to get out and take a break, so she went to lunch with a friend. Naturally her sister died while she was out.
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Oct 27, 2010 8:07:27 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 8:07:27 GMT
Not at all the same, Mark -- if you remove those four outs, the sentences make no sense. If you remove the out from the list of words in the OP, the meaning remains the same.
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Oct 27, 2010 10:22:59 GMT
Post by onlymark on Oct 27, 2010 10:22:59 GMT
Maybe then I should rinse my mouth..err...out, thaw my brain....err....out, find....err....out at you are trying to point...errr....out and look...errr....out that I don't make same mistake again. I'll sit this one...errr....out then.
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Oct 27, 2010 11:35:01 GMT
Post by bjd on Oct 27, 2010 11:35:01 GMT
If you remove the out from the list of words in the OP, the meaning remains the same.
Not necessarily. I would rinse my hair, but rinse out a jar.
"Look out! there is a car coming" is not the same as, "Look, there is a car coming."
Find out is to get information. To find is to discover something.
Something can thaw, but when it's finished, it's thawed out.
Now, I am going out.
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Oct 27, 2010 12:34:26 GMT
Post by imec on Oct 27, 2010 12:34:26 GMT
And of course, who could forget...
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Oct 27, 2010 13:32:31 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 13:32:31 GMT
When my colleagues ask me if they should write "fill out" or "fill in" the form and I reply "whichever you prefer; it doesn't matter" -- they get upset. They do not understand such a contradictory language.
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Oct 27, 2010 15:37:46 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Oct 27, 2010 15:37:46 GMT
That's the French for you..........
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Oct 28, 2010 17:24:13 GMT
Post by Don Cuevas on Oct 28, 2010 17:24:13 GMT
What about "lower down"? As in "Lower down the box, and we'll take it."
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Oct 28, 2010 23:36:29 GMT
Post by lagatta on Oct 28, 2010 23:36:29 GMT
Phrasal verbs are a common characteristic of Germanic languages. "Find out" has a very different meaning from "find".
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Oct 29, 2010 1:51:39 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Oct 29, 2010 1:51:39 GMT
"Lower down the box" sounds as though it comes from Milwaukee or "Pennsylvania Dutch" country -- someplace with a large population of German descent. Is that correct? As a non-Yankee, I stand in line, not on line. (and this: to on line)
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