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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

pick any flowers

Can I say,

Do not pick any flowers in the garden.
  

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Sorry to interrupt. Shouldn't it be pluck?
Thanks
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To me, "pluck" is not actually wrong, but it's a "poetic" kind of word that seems incongruous in a direct and practical instruction such as this.
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You're the first person to tell me that pluck is poetic. I'll keep that in mind.
Thanks, Mr. Wordy.
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