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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
shout vs shout out
Hello,
What in your opinion is the difference between:
"Go away!" he shouted. and "Go away!" he shouted out.
Which one sounds better to you?
What in your opinion is the difference between:
"Go away!" he shouted. and "Go away!" he shouted out.
Which one sounds better to you?
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Gene93 Which one sounds better to you? " he shouted. "Shout out" (as a noun) is acquiring a particular meaning, which does not fit this context.
- Gene93 Which one sounds better to you?
- " he shouted.
- "Shout out" (as a noun) is acquiring a particular meaning, which does not fit this context.
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Gene93Which one sounds better to you?"Go away!" he shouted.
"Shout out" (as a noun) is acquiring a particular meaning, which does not fit this context.
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To be honest, I don't see why we can't use shout out there...
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Gene93Don't you use "shout out" as a verb?Yes, occasionally I use shout with the adverb out.
The hecklers shouted out to the speaker.
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Last question, A. Stars. What is the difference between them?
Thank you.
Thank you.
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To me, "shout out" implies that you are calling to someone in a loud voice, so that they will pay attention to you.
"Shout" does not have the sense of a directed call.
But if you look at the sample sentences, "shout-out" is commonly being used as a noun.
http://fraze.it/n_search.j
"Shout" does not have the sense of a directed call.
But if you look at the sample sentences, "shout-out" is commonly being used as a noun.
http://fraze.it/n_search.j
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