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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Natural Sentence

Could you review whether the following sentence sounds fine?

They enjoyed the party eating, drinking and being on the scoop.
  

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I'm not familiar with the phrase 'being on the scoop'. What does it mean?

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I'm not familiar with the phrase 'being on the scoop'. What does it mean?
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Maybe this sentence is more understandable.
Could you review it again?

They enjoyed the party eating, drinking and chatting.
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Are you sure it is not 'on the stoop'?
(ie the top of a set of steps outside a house.)

Clive
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It is not 'on the stoop' because I extracted that pharse from this sentence, "The bachelors were on the scoop at the party."
Don't you use the expression, 'be on the scoop?'
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I've never heard it before.

Clive
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