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Desk zany 37 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Is "I picked up [that-clause]" grammatical?

Would the following sentence still be grammatical if "information" is omitted?

"I picked up information that oranges are bad for you."

It's clear that what I've picked up is information regarding oranges.

  

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" No. It does not work with the phrasal verb "pick up" which requires an object. There are many other possibilities.

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  • " No.
  • It does not work with the phrasal verb "pick up" which requires an object.
  • There are many other possibilities.
  • "
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desk zany 37"I picked up information that oranges are bad for you."

No.

It does not work with the phrasal verb "pick up" which requires an object. There are many other possibilities.

"I know that oranges are bad for you."

"I found out that oranges are bad for you."

"I learned that oranges are bad for you."

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