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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Extracting the tooth
Can I say,
(a) The dentist is extracting the boy's tooth (out).
(b) The dentist is extracting out the boy's tooth.
(c) The dentist is extracting the boy's tooth.
(a) The dentist is extracting the boy's tooth (out).
(b) The dentist is extracting out the boy's tooth.
(c) The dentist is extracting the boy's tooth.
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Only (c) is correct; 'out' is implicit to extracting.
extract (v.)
c.1489, from L. extractus, pp. of extrahere "draw out," from ex- "out" + trahere "to draw"
extract (v.)
c.1489, from L. extractus, pp. of extrahere "draw out," from ex- "out" + trahere "to draw"
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