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Pructus Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Stuck or sticking
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A price list stuck/sticking up crooked beside the candy told her she could buy half a loaf of oversweetened white bread, if she wanted, or a scoop of frozen peas.
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In the above, which is correct, stuck or sticking, or both?
A price list stuck/sticking up crooked beside the candy told her she could buy half a loaf of oversweetened white bread, if she wanted, or a scoop of frozen peas.
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In the above, which is correct, stuck or sticking, or both?
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) told her she could buy half a loaf of over-sweetened white bread if she wanted, or a scoop of frozen peas. Someone affixed the list to a wall or counter in a crooked position. A price list crookedly sticking up behind the candy counter told her she could buy half a loaf of over-sweetened white bread if she wanted, or a scoop of frozen peas.
- ) told her she could buy half a loaf of over-sweetened white bread if she wanted, or a scoop of frozen peas.
- Someone affixed the list to a wall or counter in a crooked position.
- A price list crookedly sticking up behind the candy counter told her she could buy half a loaf of over-sweetened white bread if she wanted, or a scoop of frozen peas.
- The list was just visible in a crooked position.
- Something "sticking up" or "sticking out" is behind something and only partly visible.
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A price list crookedly stuck up beside the candy (display / counter ?) told her she could buy half a loaf of over-sweetened white bread if she wanted, or a scoop of frozen peas.
Someone affixed the list to a wall or counter in a crooked position.
A price list crookedly sticking up behind the candy counter told her she could buy half a loa
Someone affixed the list to a wall or counter in a crooked position.
A price list crookedly sticking up behind the candy counter told her she could buy half a loa
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pructuswhich is correct, stuck or sticking, or bothBoth, grammatically, but if I had to choose one without changing anything in the rest of the sentence, I would definitely choose "sticking". I think it's more important in this sentence to describe the list (It was sticking up) than to describe how it got there (Someone stuck it there; it was stuck
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