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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Pick off


In the picture, what is the mouse doing? Is she cutting off the flower or picking off the flower or somthing totally different?
  

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She looks to be tugging at or pulling at the flower, I would say. The flowers are already picked, and there is no evidence of any cutting that I can see.

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  • She looks to be tugging at or pulling at the flower, I would say.
  • The flowers are already picked, and there is no evidence of any cutting that I can see.
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She looks to be tugging at or pulling at the flower, I would say.

The flowers are already picked, and there is no evidence of any cutting that I can see.
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Thank you.

Then what if it is cutting, would you say 'cut the flower with your hand'?
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onizoThen what if it is cutting, would you say 'cut the flower with your hand'?
No. Only sharp things can cut.

The only way I can see this possibly being used is if, in a special context, there was a reason to assume that someone might be operating a cutting implement with something other than their hand.
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Thank you.

I am not sure, maybe you don't have a word, but what I am looking for is a verb describing cutting or breaking the stem part with a hand to get the flower.
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onizoThank you.I am not sure, maybe you don't have a word, but what I am looking for is a verb describing cutting or breaking the stem part with a hand to get the flower.
to pick a flower Laura picked some flowers to put on the dinner table.

(The mouse isn't actually picking a flower, however, as already explained above. Someone else has alre
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