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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Cut Line
"He cut in line."
"He cut into line."
"He cut in the line."
"He cut into the line."
How to write line-cutting correctly?
"He cut into line."
"He cut in the line."
"He cut into the line."
How to write line-cutting correctly?
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Hi, I hear #1, but seldom or never the others. What I say more often in Canada is 'He jumped the line'. Clive
- Hi, I hear #1, but seldom or never the others.
- What I say more often in Canada is 'He jumped the line'.
- Clive
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Hi,
I hear #1, but seldom or never the others.
What I say more often in Canada is 'He jumped the line'.
Clive
I hear #1, but seldom or never the others.
What I say more often in Canada is 'He jumped the line'.
Clive
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So, these:
"He cut into line."
"He cut in the line."
"He cut into the line."
are nonstandard English.
"He cut into line."
"He cut in the line."
"He cut into the line."
are nonstandard English.
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I hear "cut in line" but not "cut in the line."
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus/american/cut
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus/american/cut
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SheltieBitesnonstandard EnglishNonstandard English usually refers to phrases that are commonly said, but only by a minority of people. These ways of speaking are considered wrong by the majority.
In this case I don't think there is even a sizable minority of people who would say these, so I would say they are wrong - not that they are nonstandard.
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Would some of these be standard English?
1 "He cut line."
2 "He cut the line."
3 "He broke in line."
4 "He broke into line."
5 "He broke in the line."
6 "He broke into the line."
7 "He broke line."
8 "He broke the line."
1 "He cut line."
2 "He cut the line."
3 "He broke in line."
4 "He broke into line."
5 "He broke in the line."
6 "He broke into the line."
7 "He broke line."
8 "He broke the line."
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SheltieBitesWould some of these be standard English?Yes. I would say that 6 is standard. The rest don't sound familiar to me.
CJ
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http://articles.latimes.com/1988-04-07/local/me-1072_1_post-office
"At one point, tempers flared as customers waited in the long lines. Williams said that at the Midway station on Monday he had to step between two men who appeared to be on the brink of a fistfight because one ma
"At one point, tempers flared as customers waited in the long lines. Williams said that at the Midway station on Monday he had to step between two men who appeared to be on the brink of a fistfight because one ma
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SheltieBitesIt seems that "cut into line" is almost as standard as "cut in line", according to LA Times. Maybe it is a southern California dialect. I might be wrong.....Maybe.
It's completely understandable, but I've never heard it that way.
CJ
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