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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Picks (it) up

Carl's phone rings. He wakes. Checks the number, doesn't recognize it, picks up anyway.

Carl: This is Carl.


Is picks up anyway OK or should it be picks it up anyway?

  

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anonymous Is picks up anyway OK Yes. anonymous should it be picks it up anyway? No.

— Anonymous

  • anonymous Is picks up anyway OK Yes.
  • anonymous should it be picks it up anyway?
  • No.
  • "It" is already the number, and that is not what he picks up.
  • Anyway, a bare "to pick up" is an expression meaning to answer the phone.
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anonymousIs picks up anyway OK

Yes.

anonymousshould it be picks it up anyway?

No. "It" is already the number, and that is not what he picks up. Anyway, a bare "to pick up" is an expression meaning to answer the phone. I wonder how long the old phone expressions will last. This "pick up" comes from the necessity to

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