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Aditileo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Eke/ eke out

Is it a protocol that eke* would always be followed by *out?
e.g. This gives judicial system its utility and justification and and enables a person to "eke" accountability.
Is this sentence correct?
  

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The sentence is mistyped. " I can't tell what you mean. "Eke" needs a companion word.

— Enoon

  • The sentence is mistyped.
  • " I can't tell what you mean.
  • "Eke" needs a companion word.
  • com/reference/dictionary/entry/eke , for example, shows a use of "from", contradicting itself with "To get with great effort or strain.
  • Used with out: eke a bare existence from farming in an arid area.
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The sentence is mistyped. I can only guess you meant to type "This gives the judicial system its utility and justification and enables a person to eke accountability." I can't tell what you mean.

"Eke" needs a companion word. It is almost always "out", but the http://education.yahoo.com/refe
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She eked out a living working as a sign painter while she studied ballet.
Why can't eke be used in this sentence?
And in my sentence, do you mean to say that, "eke" word has to followed by "out'?
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aditileoShe eked out a living working as a sign painter while she studied ballet.Why can't eke be used in this sentence?
I didn't say it can't be used. I meant that if you do use it that way, you will irritate a small number of crazy people like me. She did not supplement her living working as a sign painter, she simply made a poor living working as one. "Eke"
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