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Rezaenglish Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Carlos, could you start up picking out some vegetables

Fruit and vegetable store

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Reporter: I’m here with Carlos in his fruit and vegetable store
and Carlos is going to help me make a salad. Carlos,
could you start up picking out some vegetables.
Seller: OK. Yes, use nice Spanish onion.
Reporter: Spanish onions, of course we always need that.
Seller: Nice red pepper.
Reporter: Aha, a red pepper.
Seller: Nice green pepper.
Reporter: Green pepper, aha.

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Carlos, could you start up picking out some vegetables. <<<Original text

Which is correct: picking out or picking up?


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Carlos , could you start up picking out some vegetables . <<<Original text Which is correct: picking out or picking up? Here's the broad idea.

— Clive

  • Carlos , could you start up picking out some vegetables .
  • <<<Original text Which is correct: picking out or picking up?
  • Here's the broad idea.
  • picking up using your hand to riise something from a surface eg I dropped my pencil ,, so my friend picked itp.
  • picking out chosoing, selecting eg There wer a lot of melons on the tble, so I picked out the best ones.
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Carlos, could you start up picking out some vegetables. <<<Original text

Which is correct: picking out or picking up?

Here's the broad idea.

picking up using your hand to riise something from a surface eg I dropped my pencil ,, so my friend picked itp.


picking out chosoing, selecting eg There wer a lot of melons on the tble,

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rezaenglishCarlos, could you start up picking out some vegetables.

Actually, he says, "Carlos, could you start off picking out some vegetables?" I think he has a Canadian accent. They pronounce "ou" differently from the rest of us in many words, including "out". It's called Canadian raising, and it is hard to rende

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