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Ljswave Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
to sort this out. vs to sort this etc 2more
I'd like to know why "out" add on the sentences.
and Are both #a and #b without "out" grammatical?
#A- It’s up to you to sort this out.
#A-1 It’s up to you to sort this
#B- Your room needs a good clean out.
#B-1 Your room needs a good clean.
#B-2 Your room needs a good clean off.
two more question
What's the difference between #B and #B-2 ?
If yes, Would you please show about it?
Motst of our nation's books for preposition explain
"out" means " completely, certainly" .
but I think it's not enough to let me know it well.
So Please explain about it.
For the last,
I'm gonna make up for #A,B to make full sentence
for my undetstanging of "out" . Does these make sense?
#A- It’s up to you to sort this out.(of the trouble)
#B- Your room needs a good clean out.(of the room)
and Are both #a and #b without "out" grammatical?
#A- It’s up to you to sort this out.
#A-1 It’s up to you to sort this
#B- Your room needs a good clean out.
#B-1 Your room needs a good clean.
#B-2 Your room needs a good clean off.
two more question
What's the difference between #B and #B-2 ?
If yes, Would you please show about it?
Motst of our nation's books for preposition explain
"out" means " completely, certainly" .
but I think it's not enough to let me know it well.
So Please explain about it.
For the last,
I'm gonna make up for #A,B to make full sentence
for my undetstanging of "out" . Does these make sense?
#A- It’s up to you to sort this out.(of the trouble)
#B- Your room needs a good clean out.(of the room)
Top answer
Sort out is a phrasal verb, an idiom meaning to understand a situation, put it in order and fix it. eg We need to sort out our finances and get out of debt. Boss: I don't care what mess you have made with our best customer.
- Sort out is a phrasal verb, an idiom meaning to understand a situation, put it in order and fix it.
- eg We need to sort out our finances and get out of debt.
- Boss: I don't care what mess you have made with our best customer.
- Don't talk to me again until you have sorted everything out.
- Clean out means to empty; to take things out and get rid of them.
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Sort out is a phrasal verb, an idiom meaning to understand a situation, put it in order and fix it. eg We need to sort out our finances and get out of debt.
Boss: I don't care what mess you have made with our best customer. Don't talk to me again until you have sorted everything out.
Clean out means to empty; to take things out and get rid of them. e
Boss: I don't care what mess you have made with our best customer. Don't talk to me again until you have sorted everything out.
Clean out means to empty; to take things out and get rid of them. e
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I appreciate your useful answer.
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AlpheccaStarsNone of the following are natural in American English.One of your above answer is weird because I tried to google #b phrase and found a lot of example setences.
#B- Your room needs a good clean out.
#B-1 Your room needs a good clean.
#B-2 Your room needs a good clean off.
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As A Stars said, none is natural in American English. I suggest none of the sentences showing up in the search resutls were written by Americans.
A good cleaning -- yes.
A good clean out/clean off -- no.
A good cleaning -- yes.
A good clean out/clean off -- no.
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ljswaveOne of your above answer is weird because I tried to google #b phrase and found a lot of example setences.Random Google hits are disreputable or dubious sources for correct English.
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