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SuperESL Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Miss out on
Hi,
To miss out on sth usually means "not being able to experience or fail to take advantage of (an opportunity or chance)," as in:
"he failed to recover from a leg injury and missed out on a trip to Barcelona"
Recently I came across a usage of the phrase that means something like "to overlook":
"the instinctive disapproval of the left miss out on a vitally important historical fact."
I have not been able to locate this particular usage in any dictionary but, on the other hand, I have no problem figuring out what the author is trying to say. Do you think this is an acceptable usage?
Thank you.
To miss out on sth usually means "not being able to experience or fail to take advantage of (an opportunity or chance)," as in:
"he failed to recover from a leg injury and missed out on a trip to Barcelona"
Recently I came across a usage of the phrase that means something like "to overlook":
"the instinctive disapproval of the left miss out on a vitally important historical fact."
I have not been able to locate this particular usage in any dictionary but, on the other hand, I have no problem figuring out what the author is trying to say. Do you think this is an acceptable usage?
Thank you.
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"I have not been able to locate this particular usage in any dictionary but, on the other hand, I have no problem figuring out what the author is trying to say. Do you think this is an acceptable usage? I don't find it acceptable, but I'm only one voice.
- "I have not been able to locate this particular usage in any dictionary but, on the other hand, I have no problem figuring out what the author is trying to say.
- Do you think this is an acceptable usage?
- I don't find it acceptable, but I'm only one voice.
- It may be normal in other parts of the English-speaking world.
- CJ
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SuperESL"the instinctive disapproval of the left miss out on a vitally important historical fact."I have not been able to locate this particular usage in any dictionary but, on the other hand, I have no problem figuring out what the author is trying to say. Do you think this is an acceptable usage?I don't find it acceptable, but I'm only one voice. It may be
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I don't like it, either.
Note also -
the instinctive disapproval of the left misses out on a vitally important historical fact."
Note also -
the instinctive disapproval of the left misses out on a vitally important historical fact."
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