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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

worked it to the tail

0He jumped on the shark, worked it to the tail and pulled it out of the water.02br
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00Is it corrrect to say work it to the tail? If yes, what does it mean?02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 00Can you provide some context? 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00Can you provide some context?
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Can you provide some context? 02br
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00Is there a boat involved?02br
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00Is there equipment involved?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0The guy had been stranded on a remote island for days and was almost starving to death. He noticed there were sharks in the water, so he decided to hunt them and jumped on one of the sharks and worked it to the tail and pulled it out of the water with his bare hands.02br
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0Hi,02br
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00I don't know what it means. 02br
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00'To work your hands to some place' means 'to manoeuvre them to some place'. eg you could grab the shark by the nose and then work your hands to its tail. But the writer is not making clear what the 'it' meands in 'work 01i01u00it02u02i00 to the tail.02br

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0Thanks, Clive. Should I correct it as follows:02br
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00Worked his hands to the tail and pulled it out ...0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Why not just say this?02br
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00The guy had been stranded on a remote island for days and was almost starving to death. He noticed there were sharks in the water, so he decided to hunt them01b00. He02b00 jumped on01b00 one02b00 and01b00 pulled it out of the water by the tail with hi
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0Thanks, Clive. That will do. The reason I posted this question is that I wanted to learn how to use "work it to" expression. I think you already answered it in your previous post.0-
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