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Gamboler Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Sell them all - sell them out

A woman who sell flowers on the streets meets a certain gentleman. He boughts all the flowers that she has. Then, he asks her to go to the dance hall with him and his friends. What would she say?

#1. I sold them all and some people persuaded me to go to the dance hall.

#2. I sold them out and some people persuaded me to go to the dance hall.

Which one is correct in this situation, sold them all or sold them out?
  

Top answer

While you can "sell out (of something)", you cannot "sell something out" (at least, not in the sense relevant here), so #2 is not correct. I would be inclined to put a comma and the word "then" in #1: I sold them all , and then some people persuaded me to go to the dance hall. However, this of course doesn't express that the person who bought them was the same person who invited her to the dance.

— GPY

  • While you can "sell out (of something)", you cannot "sell something out" (at least, not in the sense relevant here), so #2 is not correct.
  • I would be inclined to put a comma and the word "then" in #1: I sold them all , and then some people persuaded me to go to the dance hall.
  • However, this of course doesn't express that the person who bought them was the same person who invited her to the dance.
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While you can "sell out (of something)", you cannot "sell something out" (at least, not in the sense relevant here), so #2 is not correct. I would be inclined to put a comma and the word "then" in #1:

I sold them all, and then some people persuaded me to go to the dance hall.

However, this of course doesn't express that the person who bought them was the sam
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gambolerWhat would she say?
I sold all my flowers to a man who then asked me to go to a dance hall with him and his friends.

CJ
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