Which of the following sentences is correct: "Without hesitation, she took her breasts out and let him touch them" or "Without hesitation, she took out her breasts and let him touch them"?
It means the same thing whether the adverb is right before the verb or at the end. Some grammarians say it's better to put the modifier directly before the verb , so they would prefer "took out her breasts", but it's more of a style issue than a hard-and-fast rule.
It means the same thing whether the adverb is right before the verb or at the end. Some grammarians say it's better to put the modifier directly before the verb , so they would prefer "took out her breasts", but it's more of a style issue than a hard-and-fast rule.
That isn't quite applicable, what I was trying to express is the idea that one can split a verb phrase so that "take out [something]" is as equally valid as "take [something] out".
Listen to what Contrex is saying. Women take their breasts out over here. Just because it's not used in American English doesn't mean it's not used over here.
I keep thinking about Derek and Clive. Blow your tits up, the game show where explosives are attached to breasts and the ones that go highest in the air win fantastic prizes.
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izzythepush
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Thu 22 Feb, 2018 05:02 pm
@centrox,
Then there's Sid the sexist.
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ehBeth
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Thu 22 Feb, 2018 05:20 pm
@centrox,
centrox wrote:
vulgar men
it often seems that way when I'm reading non-BBC/non-Guardian sources
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ekename
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Thu 22 Feb, 2018 07:28 pm
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Which of the following sentences is correct: "Without hesitation, she took her breasts out and let him touch them" or "Without hesitation, she took out her breasts and let him touch them"?
I'd like to see more context before deciding which one I prefer.
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