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MrPernickety Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Usage of "in a scatter of"

Hi, everybody !

I'm confused with how to use this collocation: in a scatter of
Do you find the following examples that I made up natural ?:

1. The embankment was in a scatter of scree and pebbles
2. Her room was in a scatter of clothes and empty bottles

Thanks a million !
  

Top answer

They sound natural and logical to me, but I guess I'll see what Mr. Google says, as this is not one of my expressions. Well, we're out of luck.

— Avangi

  • They sound natural and logical to me, but I guess I'll see what Mr.
  • Google says, as this is not one of my expressions.
  • Well, we're out of luck.
  • Zero hits.
  • I find mostly technical references.
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They sound natural and logical to me, but I guess I'll see what Mr. Google says, as this is not one of my expressions.

Well, we're out of luck. Zero hits.

I find mostly technical references. I recall using "scatter" in the 60's to describe a property of sequential numerical data collected from certain experimental test runs in which consistency was the objective.

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Hi

I came across this expression while reading one of Stephen King's novels (It).
So, you find my examples natural then. That notion is heartening !

Thanks !
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