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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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climbed to pluck
Can I say,
(i) I climbed to pluck the mangoes.
(ii) He climbed the mangoes tree to pluck the mango fruit.
(iii) He climbed the tree to pluck the mangoes fruit.
(i) I climbed to pluck the mangoes.
(ii) He climbed the mangoes tree to pluck the mango fruit.
(iii) He climbed the tree to pluck the mangoes fruit.
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(ii) He climbed the mango tree to pick the fruit. (iii) He climbed the tree to pick the mango fruit. Pluck is too effete and poetic here.
- (ii) He climbed the mango tree to pick the fruit.
- (iii) He climbed the tree to pick the mango fruit.
- Pluck is too effete and poetic here.
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(ii) He climbed the mango tree to pick the fruit.
(iii) He climbed the tree to pick the mango fruit.
Pluck is too effete and poetic here.
(ii) He climbed the mango tree to pick the fruit.
(iii) He climbed the tree to pick the mango fruit.
Pluck is too effete and poetic here.
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How about this?
Can I say,
(i) I climbed to pluck the mangoes. (can I miss out the word "climbed the tree")?
Can I say,
(i) I climbed to pluck the mangoes. (can I miss out the word "climbed the tree")?
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Pick, not pluck.
Then he could have climbed a wall or a ladder.
Pick, not pluck.
Then he could have climbed a wall or a ladder.
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Sorry, I could get what you mean here.
(i) I climbed to pick the mangoes. ( I think it is incorrect, but i'm not very sure)
(i) I climbed to pick the mangoes. ( I think it is incorrect, but i'm not very sure)
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It is OK, but we do not know that he climbed a tree-- he could have climbed a wall or a ladder.
It is OK, but we do not know that he climbed a tree-- he could have climbed a wall or a ladder.
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