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Onelook Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Dug out out of

The man took the treasure he dug out out of the cemetery back to his house.


not sure if the second out is grammatical.

  

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The man took the treasure he dug out out of the cemetery and back to his house. not sure if the second out is grammatical. It's not wrong, but it's an ugly sentence.

— Clive

  • The man took the treasure he dug out out of the cemetery and back to his house.
  • not sure if the second out is grammatical.
  • It's not wrong, but it's an ugly sentence.
  • We normally say that we 'dig something up '.
  • eg The man took the treasure he dug up out of the cemetery and (took it) back to his house.
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The man took the treasure he dug out out of the cemetery and back to his house.

not sure if the second out is grammatical. It's not wrong, but it's an ugly sentence.

We normally say that we 'dig something up'.

eg The man took the treasure he dug up out of the cemetery and (took it) back to his house.

We commonly reword to make the

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