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Jackson6612 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Check it out, check it
What is the difference between the given sentences?
1: Check it out
2: Check it
1: Check it out
2: Check it
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g. g. of equipment).
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- "Check it out" can be used in the same way, but it is also used when you're examining not so much for literal or technical correctness but more to discover the nature of the thing -- for example, to determine whether it will suit or whether you like it.
- For example, if you thought your bank statement might be wrong then you would "check it".
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"Check it" means examine/inspect something to determine that it is correct (e.g. of information) or working properly (e.g. of equipment).
"Check it out" can be used in the same way, but it is also used when you're examining not so much for literal or technical correctness but more to discover the nature of the thing -- for example, to determine whether it will suit or whether you like it
"Check it out" can be used in the same way, but it is also used when you're examining not so much for literal or technical correctness but more to discover the nature of the thing -- for example, to determine whether it will suit or whether you like it
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It occurred to me later that "check it out" also has another, quite different meaning. It can mean remove something (e.g. a library book) from a respository via some procedure that records who took the item and when.
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