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Mr. Tom Posted 3 years ago
Vocabulary

Falling out VS Fall out

Hi

I have seen both versions. Are they the same?

  1. The members had a fall out and the committee disbanded.
  2. The members had a falling out and the committee disbanded.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom The members had a fall out and the committee disbanded. No.

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  • Tom The members had a fall out and the committee disbanded.
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  • I have to suppose you saw "fallout" in some other context.
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Mr. TomThe members had a fall out and the committee disbanded.

No. I have to suppose you saw "fallout" in some other context.

Mr. TomThe members had a falling out and the committee disbanded.

Yes, except that two independent clauses joined by "and" take a comma.

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Mr. TomThe members had a fall out and the committee disbanded.

I'm surprised you saw this version. "fall out", as a noun, doesn't mean this, and it would be "fallout" anyway. As far as I know, only "fall out", the verb, has this meaning.

The members fell out, and the committee disbanded.
(fell out ~ cut off relations over a quarrel)

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