Ken and Nathan are playing out some football moves.

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Ken said, "I had the best throwing arm in the state." Then, he and Nathan are playing out some football moves inside the office.Is "out" dispensible in the above? If not, what does it mean? Thanks.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Ken said, "I had the best throwing arm in the state." Then, he and Nathan are playing out some football moves inside the office.

Is "out" dispensible in the above? If not, what does it mean?

'Then (they) are playing' sounds wrong to me. Are you talking about the past, or about right now?

'Playing / playing out' both sound like unsuitable verbs to me in this context. I'd suggest 'working out / practicing'.

Best wishes, Clive

CalifJim · Answer

If this is taken from some other work, could you give us the sentence before this one and two or more after?

This is an odd excerpt. I'm wondering if more context would clarify the ideas better.

CJ

Angliholic · Answer

CalifJimIf this is taken from some other work, could you give us the sentence before this one and two or more after?

This is an odd excerpt. I'm wondering if more context would clarify the ideas better.

CJ

Thanks, Jim, for your advice.

The base sentence is part of the article "The Old College Try." It's a conversation/drama style of English, and it's for students' practice's sake. Therefore, it's difficult for me to cite more context, but I've posted most of its content in differents threads about Ken and the American football. I thought it was enough clues for you to figure out the "playing out" question, but obviously I was wrong.

Ken and Nathan are playing out some football moves.

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