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Teal lime Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Wear out of
From Cambridge Dictionary:
I've had a lot of wear out of these boots - I've had them for five years.
My question is the following:
In the case above and from a grammatical point of view, what is "wear out (of)"? Is it a noun, a verb or what?
Would you please explain?
Thank you.
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teal lime what is "wear out (of)"? That is not a collocation. com/browse/wear ).
- teal lime what is "wear out (of)"?
- That is not a collocation.
- com/browse/wear ).
- Here are the collocations: 'to have a lot of wear' = to have worn for a long time 'out of these boots' = from these boots
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teal limewhat is "wear out (of)"?
That is not a collocation. 'Wear' is a noun (see #19: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/wear). Here are the collocations:
'to have a lot of wear' = to have worn for a long time
'out of these boots' = from these boots
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