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New Hope Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

draw/drawer

What is the difference between draw and drawer? Can they be used with the same meaning in the sentence below?
I ran to get my camera from the draw/drawer.
  

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haroon rashid What is the difference between draw and drawer? I ran to get my camera from the draw/drawer. ' is correct.

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  • haroon rashid What is the difference between draw and drawer?
  • I ran to get my camera from the draw/drawer.
  • ' is correct.
  • The noun 'draw' may mean 'a puff from the cigarette' or 'a result of the game without a winner'.
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haroon rashid What is the difference between draw and drawer? Can they be used with the same meaning in the sentence below?I ran to get my camera from the draw/drawer.
'...from the drawer...' is correct. The noun 'draw' may mean 'a puff from the cigarette' or 'a result of the game without a winner'.
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haroon rashidI ran to get my camera from the draw/drawer.
The common misspelling of "drawer" (in the sense of sliding storage compartment) as "draw" arises because the "er" sound can be weakened or lost in pronunciation.
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