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Kilimanjaro Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

put it correctly or what?

0Imagine a glass fallen over a table (toppled). I want somebody to put it back to its earlier position. What should I say?02br
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00or whatever.. What alternatives do you suggest?0-
  

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0Honestly? 01i 00Fix the glass. 0-

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0Honestly? 01i00Fix the glass. 02i02br
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00Everyone knows it doesn't belong on its side and what the correct position is.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Honestly? 11i10Fix the glass. 12i12br
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10Everyone knows it doesn't belong on its side and what the correct position is.12br
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10Thanks Barb,02br
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00Are the expressions "put something correctly
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0No, "rightly" isn't right at all. "Correctly" is okay in a different setting. "Please make sure you set the table correctly," for example, might be what you say to your child when she sets the table for dinner. 02br
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00I'm not sure I can come up with rules over which verbs seem to take "correctly" and sound natural, and which do not. But "put it correctly" is not one of
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0I don't think "fix the glass" would work in BrE; I think you'd just say "pick up the glass", e.g.02br
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001. I say, old chap, would you mind awfully picking up that glass? Yes, that's the one. The one on its side. No, that one there. That's it! Thanks very much, old chap. Jolly decent of you. Now, you see that bottle of gin? And the soda fountain? Absolutely. That's the r
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0 ROFLMAO! Long day, Mr. P? 0-
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0It was, GG! (Or a short drink. I can't remember which, now.)0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Put it straight. 12br
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10Wow, what a small world! Marius, I know you! 02br
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00"Run a search! Read my posts here about how to help prevent tennis elbow." <=== Inside joke!02br
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01i00Stand that glass (straight/upright).02i02br
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00Most of the thirty or so little tables covered by red cloths with a ... spectacles coolly took a drink of beer and 01b00stood the glass02b00 mug back on the table. ...02br
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0Hi, 02br
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00I wonder how much caution we should exercise with regard to examples that are almost 100 years old?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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