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HSS Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Cherry-Pick

It seems like 'cherry-pick' tends to collocate well with 'information,' 'data,' or something of that sort. Could it go along with mostly any noun? It seems to me it combines well with something abstract that you might use to hold up some theory or opinion unfairly in favor of the party who 'cherry picked' it.

The data/information/fact was cherry-picked.
The (any noun?) was/were cherry-picked.

They cherry-picked the data/information/fact.
They cherry-picked (any noun?).

Hiro
  

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). stocks, investments, mutual funds. The term is often used in the context of finance.

— CalifJim

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  • stocks, investments, mutual funds.
  • The term is often used in the context of finance.
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  • Constitution -- only those passages that support a particular point of view, of course: to cherry-pick the Bible; to cherry-pick the Constitution.
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HSSThey cherry-picked (any noun?).
stocks, investments, mutual funds.

The term is often used in the context of finance.

I've also seen this verb in the context of selecting passages from an authoitative document such as the Bible or the U.S. Constitution -- only those passages that support a particular point of view, of course: to cherry-pic
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It looks as though any noun could be used meaning it/they is/are/was etc. selected to their advantage, then. Correct?

Hiro
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HSSIt looks as though any noun could be used meaning it/they is/are/was etc. selected to their advantage, then.
Any noun??? No. Of course not. That verb is extremely limited in its usefulness.

Nobody cherry-picks tables, wolves, curtains, blood, fingers, hospitals, schools, fog, butter, bandages, hotels, carpenters, roads, potatoes, co
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I might have wanted to say 'conceptual' noun, and, as you pointed out, something that could make profit, or benefit, on second thought.
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HSSsomething that could make profit, or benefit
There you go! Your choice of noun is restricted according to its meaning.
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