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Exciter Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

filter out

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00Consider the following sentence please:02br
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00"Why doesnt the IT depertment filter out the spam emails?"02br
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00My question is about the use of "filter out".02br
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00Why in English we add the second word "out".02br
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00It would very well be sufficient to only use the "filter".02br
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00What is the purpose of saying "filter out" instead of only "filter".02br
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00More examples can be given as such.02br
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00Thank you in advance.02br
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00Regards0-
  

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" would mean, all mails are subjected to a filter, some of them will pass through, some not. 02br 00"The spam mails are filtered" would mean the same: Some pass, some not. " implies that all mails are subjected to a filter and only the spam mails will not pass.

— Kajjo

  • " would mean, all mails are subjected to a filter, some of them will pass through, some not.
  • 02br 00"The spam mails are filtered" would mean the same: Some pass, some not.
  • " implies that all mails are subjected to a filter and only the spam mails will not pass.
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0 Hm, it is more a question of logic rather than language.02br
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00"The mails are filtered." would mean, all mails are subjected to a filter, some of them will pass through, some not. That would make sense.02br
00"The spam mails are filtered" would mean the same: Some pass, some not. However, that is not the intention (though it happens, actually)02br

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0I see the point clearly.02br
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00Thank you.02br
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00Regards.0-
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