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Taka Posted 22 years ago
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The sentence:

It may be that the blurring OUT of more distant objects is developmentally useful as it helps babies to concentrate on those vital faces undistracted by other thing.
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What does "out" mean here? It even seems to me that "out" is not necessary in the sentence...
  

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I think the idea is that it blurs out from their field of vision, or at least the part that they are concentrating on. The 'out' may not be strictly necessary, but it helps to enrich the image for the reader. Something is also wrong with the end of the sentence-- is it a typo?

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  • I think the idea is that it blurs out from their field of vision, or at least the part that they are concentrating on.
  • The 'out' may not be strictly necessary, but it helps to enrich the image for the reader.
  • Something is also wrong with the end of the sentence-- is it a typo?
  • ' another thing '?
  • ' other things '?
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I think the idea is that it blurs out from their field of vision, or at least the part that they are concentrating on. The 'out' may not be strictly necessary, but it helps to enrich the image for the reader.

Something is also wrong with the end of the sentence-- is it a typo? 'another thing'? 'other things'?
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"is it a typo? 'another thing'? 'other things'? "

Sorry, it's a typo: other things.
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What does "blur out" mean? Is that "out" semantically the same as "completely" or something?
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. . . and that's a good idea too.
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You mean that I interpret it as "completely" is a good idea??
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Yes. That is a common meaning for 'out'-- 'tired out', 'burned out', 'sold out'-- and it works well here too.

I was thinking that it was akin to 'log out'.
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I agree.

Thank you!
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