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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
poke out/stick out
Hello,
I tend to use "to stick out" much more often and so do most of my native friends. However, I have noticed that some people use both. Here's a sentence by Macmillan Dictionary: "A thin knee poked out of his worn jeans." I could use that, but I think that they should be used in slightly different contexts. If that person were walking right now, his knee would poke out of his worn jeans." Something pokes out and it goes back in as long as the person's moving/walking/running/ etc. With stick out, the person is not necessarily moving , as in "Her feet were sticking out of from under the quilt."
Thank you for bearing with me. Please feel free to correct me and that's just my opinion. I hope that it makes at least little sense.
I tend to use "to stick out" much more often and so do most of my native friends. However, I have noticed that some people use both. Here's a sentence by Macmillan Dictionary: "A thin knee poked out of his worn jeans." I could use that, but I think that they should be used in slightly different contexts. If that person were walking right now, his knee would poke out of his worn jeans." Something pokes out and it goes back in as long as the person's moving/walking/running/ etc. With stick out, the person is not necessarily moving , as in "Her feet were sticking out of from under the quilt."
Thank you for bearing with me. Please feel free to correct me and that's just my opinion. I hope that it makes at least little sense.
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Haha I love this question. I think poking out is just funnier and more light hearted isn't it? I think poking implies retraction too doesn't it?
- Haha I love this question.
- I think poking out is just funnier and more light hearted isn't it?
- I think poking implies retraction too doesn't it?
- Because you wouldn't poke your arm out for a taxi would you?
- Haha.
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Haha I love this question. I think poking out is just funnier and more light hearted isn't it? I think poking implies retraction too doesn't it? Because you wouldn't poke your arm out for a taxi would you? Haha.
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