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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

'Pick from'?

We had to pick from either the humanities or science track.

I saw the sentence in an English education program but I was wondering if 'from' is needed? Dictionaries say 'pick' always needs objects directly. So I think that 'We had to pick either the humanities or science track' is correct.

Do you think that 'pick from' is okay to use?

Thank you so much as usual in advance!
  

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We had to pick either the humanities or science track. We had to choose one of these two tracks. We had to pick from either the humanities or science track.

— Clive

  • We had to pick either the humanities or science track.
  • We had to choose one of these two tracks.
  • We had to pick from either the humanities or science track.
  • This sounds like the context is that there are various courses listed on these tracks, and we have to pick courses exclusively from one or other of the tracks.
  • Clive
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We had to pick either the humanities or science track. We had to choose one of these two tracks.

We had to pick from either the humanities or science track. This sounds like the context is that there are various courses listed on these tracks, and we have to pick courses exclusively from one or ot
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