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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
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pluck or pick the rambutans
Two boys climbed up a tree to pluck / pick the rambutans.
Should the verb be pluck or pick?
I remember reading somewhere that it should be 'pick flowers', not 'pluck flowers.' Thus this applies to rambutans.
Should the verb be pluck or pick?
I remember reading somewhere that it should be 'pick flowers', not 'pluck flowers.' Thus this applies to rambutans.
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From Oxford Advanced Learner's Compass: " rambutan a red tropical fruit with soft pointed parts on its skin and a slightly sour taste " " 6 [vn] pluck sth (from sth) (old-fashioned or literary) to pick a fruit, flower, etc. from where it is growing: I plucked an orange from the tree . "
- From Oxford Advanced Learner's Compass: " rambutan a red tropical fruit with soft pointed parts on its skin and a slightly sour taste " " 6 [vn] pluck sth (from sth) (old-fashioned or literary) to pick a fruit, flower, etc.
- from where it is growing: I plucked an orange from the tree .
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From Oxford Advanced Learner's Compass:
"rambutan a red tropical fruit with soft pointed parts on its skin and a slightly sour taste"
" 6 [vn] pluck sth (from sth) (old-fashioned or literary) to pick a fruit, flower, etc. from where it is growing:
I plucked an orange from the tree.
"rambutan a red tropical fruit with soft pointed parts on its skin and a slightly sour taste"
" 6 [vn] pluck sth (from sth) (old-fashioned or literary) to pick a fruit, flower, etc. from where it is growing:
I plucked an orange from the tree.
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Pluck is more expressive. You could say He plucked an apple from the tree as he passed, but you wouldn't say His job is to pluck apples; you'd use the normal verb pick.
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J LewisPluck is more expressive. You could say He plucked an apple from the tree as he passed, but you wouldn't say His job is to pluck apples; you'd use the normal verb pick.Thanks, Lewis. I would like to confirm whether I pick a flower
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It's the same reasoning. He plucked a flower and gave it to his girlfriend. But She picked a lot of flowers. In all cases you can say pick and I would not use pluck in speech; it sounds rather literary.
Pluck has another meaning, which is to remove f
Pluck has another meaning, which is to remove f
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