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Macot Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Put A Light
"put a light to the wound"
"put a light to a cigar"
Do they mean:
a) the light (fire) physically touch the wound and the cigar, burning the wound and cigar.
or
b) that the light does not touch the wound and cigar, but is brought close to the wound and cigar to allow them to be seem clearly?
"put a light to a cigar"
Do they mean:
a) the light (fire) physically touch the wound and the cigar, burning the wound and cigar.
or
b) that the light does not touch the wound and cigar, but is brought close to the wound and cigar to allow them to be seem clearly?
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"put a light to the wound" "put a light to a cigar" Do they mean: a) the light (fire) physically touch the wound and the cigar, burning the wound and cigar. or b) that the light does not touch the wound and cigar, but is brought close to the wound and cigar to allow them to be seem clearly? Put a light to something normally means to set it on fire.
- "put a light to the wound" "put a light to a cigar" Do they mean: a) the light (fire) physically touch the wound and the cigar, burning the wound and cigar.
- or b) that the light does not touch the wound and cigar, but is brought close to the wound and cigar to allow them to be seem clearly?
- Put a light to something normally means to set it on fire.
- This meaning fits with a cigar, but is unlikely with a wound.
- Perhaps the writer means 'Shine a light on the wound', but the original phrase sounds odd.
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"put a light to the wound"
"put a light to a cigar"
Do they mean:
a) the light (fire) physically touch the wound and the cigar, burning the wound and cigar.
or
b) that the light does not touch the wound and cigar, but is brought close to the wound and cigar to allow them to be seem clearly?
Put a light to something normally means to
"put a light to a cigar"
Do they mean:
a) the light (fire) physically touch the wound and the cigar, burning the wound and cigar.
or
b) that the light does not touch the wound and cigar, but is brought close to the wound and cigar to allow them to be seem clearly?
Put a light to something normally means to
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To some extent, although the context would normally make the meaning clear.
In the sense of helping to see, a more common preposition is 'hold a light on something'.
Clive
In the sense of helping to see, a more common preposition is 'hold a light on something'.
Clive
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