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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

run out

A: I can't find rice in your cupboard.
B: Oh, I ran out yesterday.

Q) Does "B" mean I ran out the rice yesterday? or ran out of the rice yesterday?

Q2) Can "B" say It(the rice) ran out yesterday?
  

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A: I can't find rice in your cupboard. B can reply with any of the following: Oh, I ran out yesterday. ) Oh, it ran out yesterday.

— Anonymous

  • A: I can't find rice in your cupboard.
  • B can reply with any of the following: Oh, I ran out yesterday.
  • ) Oh, it ran out yesterday.
  • ) Oh, I ran out of it yesterday.
  • ", although seemingly logical, is not used in English.
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A: I can't find rice in your cupboard.

B can reply with any of the following:

Oh, I ran out yesterday. (This means B ran out of rice - used up all of the rice - yesterday.)

Oh, it ran out yesterday. (This means that the rice was used up, by B, yesterday.)

Oh, I ran out of it yesterday. (This means B used up all the rice yesterday.)

Note: the senten
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moon7296Does "B" mean I ran out the rice yesterday?
No. We don't even use that combination of words.
moon7296or ran out of the rice yesterday?
Yes.
moon7296Can "B" say It(the rice) ran out yesterday?
Yes, but it's not usual to say it like that — at least not for me.

CJ
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