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Happy student Posted 10 years ago
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Can I use pull of here?
I want to say 'You cannot pull off Confucius's quotes'. I mean 'You cannot deliver/ tell them as they are supposed to be delivered/ told; with your speech skills it doesn't sound like something smart/ wise etc.' Thanks)
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"pull off" is OK (note that it is "off", as you wrote in the body of your post, not "of" as you wrote in the heading). However, "Confucius's quotes" doesn't seem ideal to me, potentially suggesting words that Confucius quoted, not words that Confucius wrote that are quoted by someone else (which I assume you mean). I suggest: "You cannot pull off quotes from Confucius".
- "pull off" is OK (note that it is "off", as you wrote in the body of your post, not "of" as you wrote in the heading).
- However, "Confucius's quotes" doesn't seem ideal to me, potentially suggesting words that Confucius quoted, not words that Confucius wrote that are quoted by someone else (which I assume you mean).
- I suggest: "You cannot pull off quotes from Confucius".
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"pull off" is OK (note that it is "off", as you wrote in the body of your post, not "of" as you wrote in the heading). However, "Confucius's quotes" doesn't seem ideal to me, potentially suggesting words that Confucius quoted, not words that Confucius wrote that are quoted by someone else (which I assume you mean). I suggest: "You cannot pull off quotes from Confucius".
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