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Minhuoc Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

screen out.

Please help me explain the sentence.

"We're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind."

Thanks.
  

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" Here, to screen out means to detect and then exclude such people. If you run sand and small rocks through a net screen, the sand will go through but the rocks will be excluded, ie screened out . Best wishes, Clive

— Clive

  • " Here, to screen out means to detect and then exclude such people.
  • If you run sand and small rocks through a net screen, the sand will go through but the rocks will be excluded, ie screened out .
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

"We're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind."

Here, to screen out means to detect and then exclude such people.

If you run sand and small rocks through a net screen, the sand will go through but the rocks will be excluded, ie screened out.

Best wishes, Clive
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Thank you, Clive. It's very clear thanks to your help.

Thanks again.
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