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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

pour, pouring out

Please pour water in my glass, it is empty.

My house is inundated with water on account of heavy rain overnight. Now I am pouring out all the water outside.

Please correct my sentences.
  

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Hi, 'Pour' is not a natural choice of verb here. Please pour water in my glass, it is empty. It's better to say 'Please fill my glass' or 'Please give me some water'.

— Clive

  • Hi, 'Pour' is not a natural choice of verb here.
  • Please pour water in my glass, it is empty.
  • It's better to say 'Please fill my glass' or 'Please give me some water'.
  • My house is inundated with water or 'flooded' on account of heavy rain overnight.
  • Now I am pouring out all the water outside .
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Hi,

'Pour' is not a natural choice of verb here.Emotion: smile

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Thank you Clive.

You have given me one very useful phrasal verb `bailing out'.

Here is few more sentences, having the word `pour', I framed. Please look through it if I have correctly used it.

Please pour the water from the jug.

Yesterday I spilt the jug water on my table and it was poured onto the floor over the edge of the table.

Please
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Hi again,

If you want to use 'pour', say it this way.

Please pour the water from the jug. OK

Yesterday I spilt the jug of water on my table and it poured onto the floor over the edge of the table.

Best wishes, Clive
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Again thanks Clive.

Why can't we say, simply, `pour the water in my glass' as to mean `pour the water from the jug in my glass'?

Please help me.
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Hi,

Why can't we say, simply, `pour the water in my glass' as to mean `pour the water from the jug in my glass'?

Sure, you can say that if you want to.

'In' is not uncommon, but say 'into' if you want to speak/write a little more carefully.

Best wishes, Clive
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