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Vocabulary
pick vs pick out
pick out
1. To choose or select: picked out a nice watch.
2. To discern from the surroundings; distinguish: picked out their cousins from the crowd.
"pick" can have first meaning of "pick out". Could you please tell me that in which situations we usually use each of them? Perhaps formal or informal. I guess "pick out" is have the meaning of searching and finding.
1. To choose or select: picked out a nice watch.
2. To discern from the surroundings; distinguish: picked out their cousins from the crowd.
"pick" can have first meaning of "pick out". Could you please tell me that in which situations we usually use each of them? Perhaps formal or informal. I guess "pick out" is have the meaning of searching and finding.
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With the first meaning, 'out' just suggests that a greater selection is available, I think. If I were offered 2 pens, I would be asked to pick one, not pick out one, but if there were 10 pens, both pick and pick out are common, while if there were 100 pens, I think pick out would be usual.
- With the first meaning, 'out' just suggests that a greater selection is available, I think.
- If I were offered 2 pens, I would be asked to pick one, not pick out one, but if there were 10 pens, both pick and pick out are common, while if there were 100 pens, I think pick out would be usual.
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With the first meaning, 'out' just suggests that a greater selection is available, I think. If I were offered 2 pens, I would be asked to pick one, not pick out one, but if there were 10 pens, both pick and pick out are common, while if there were 100 pens, I think pick out would be usual.
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