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Sunny123 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Look at the newsstand

Hello everyone.

"looking at the newsstand" is a correct and meaningful phrase?

if it is a correct phrase, what does it mean?
  

Top answer

The phrase is fine. Are you asking what a newsstand is? A place where they sell newspapers and magazines.

— Clive

  • The phrase is fine.
  • Are you asking what a newsstand is?
  • A place where they sell newspapers and magazines.
  • Here is a picture.
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The phrase is fine.

Are you asking what a newsstand is? A place where they sell newspapers and magazines.
Here is a picture.
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CliveThe phrase is fine.Are you asking what a newsstand is? A place where they sell newspapers and magazines.Here is a picture.https://www.google.ca/search?q=newsstand+picture&biw=1440&bih=736&tbm=isch&imgil=50v2TyUZBr0zoM%2...
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sunny123I know "newsstand". It's a small shop for selling newspapers. But I saw the phrase "look at a newsstand" in a book and I think the phrase is not fine because it is meaningless just stay and look a newsstand. I think it is necessary to add something to this phrase to make it fine.
It is hard to comment without seeing the full surrounding context in the
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GPY sunny123I know "newsstand". It's a small shop for selling newspapers. But I saw the phrase "look at a newsstand" in a book and I think the phrase is not fine because it is meaningless just stay and look a newsstand. I think it is necessary to add something to this phrase to make it fine.It is hard to comment without seeing the full surrounding context in the book.
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sunny1231. Looking at the newsstand, Carrie had a car accident.?
It is not actually incorrect English, but the phrasing does not seem appealing, as far as one can tell without seeing it in full context. I would need more contextual information in order to suggest an improvement with confidence, but something like this is a possibility:

Carrie was l
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