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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

cold turkey

Is this sentence correct? Which of these sentence is said by a native speaker? Which are natural?

She stopped smoking cold turkey.
She stopped smoking from one day to the next.
She stopped smoking overnight.

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Top answer

The middle sentence is not good at all. I might suggest a comma after turkey in the first sentence, however.

— Philip

  • The middle sentence is not good at all.
  • I might suggest a comma after turkey in the first sentence, however.
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The middle sentence is not good at all. I might suggest a comma after turkey in the first sentence, however.
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The first sentience sounds like she used to smoke cold turkeys, the second sentence is just all wrong and the third one is best for explaining she stopped smoking suddenly.
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AnonymousThe first sentience sounds like she used to smoke cold turkeys,
That wouldn't be the normal interpretation in the U.S., though.
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AnonymousWhich of these sentence is said by a native speaker?
1 and 3 are OK. 2 isn't good. For this idea I've also heard, She quit/stopped smoking just like that.

CJ
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AnonymousThe first sentience sounds like she used to smoke cold turkeys
That was the impression I got when I first read the sentence. I wonderd if she shredded them before rolling them in paper and lighting them.
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fivejedjonshredded them before rolling them in paper and lighting them
No! It's the other kind of smoking—with hickory chips—on a grill. That's what she doesn't do anymore.
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Or you could say "She stopped smoking by going cold turkey" if you want to use that phrase.
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PhilipThe middle sentence is not good at all.
In addition, you have slipped it into a number of posts over the past few weeks. If I see it again, I'll just delete the post.
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