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gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:15 am
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Hi, All:
Is there difference between "block out" and "close". Thanks.
Rick |
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Robert Lieblich
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:01 am
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"gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com" wrote:
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Hi, All:
Is there difference between "block out" and "close". Thanks.
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Of course there is. If you'd like more information, start by looking
up "close" in any good dictionary. Then try the entry on "block out"
in the Cambridge Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs:
<http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=block.out*1+0&dict=P>.
Reading and comparing will probably prove more helpful to you than
trying to figure out the sort of explanation you're likely to get from
this group (me included).
You're welcome.
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Bob Lieblich
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:55 pm
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gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Hi, All:
Is there difference between "block out" and "close". Thanks.
Rick
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In UK English there are few similarities between "block out" and
"close".
You block out the light if you draw the curtains. [Then let in the
light if you draw the curtains!] You can "close" curtains, you can
"block out" a drawing. You "block up" a hole. You "block in" a car.
I can't think off-hand of any occasion on which "block out" and "close"
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Peter Duncanson
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:59 pm
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On 6 Aug 2005 17:15:17 -0700, "gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com"
<gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi, All:
Is there difference between "block out" and "close". Thanks.
Rick
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Are you sure that "block out" is correct?
"Block up" and "close" can sometimes mean the same.
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Peter Duncanson
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gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:17 pm
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I am not very sure, so I asked. When a guy close the gym, he told me
gym will be blocked out and let me leave. I gusss "block out" should be
same as "close".
Rick |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:54 pm
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gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | I am not very sure, so I asked. When a guy close the gym, he told me
gym will be blocked out and let me leave. I gusss "block out" should be
same as "close".
Rick
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Either he wasn't speaking good English or you misheard him. Just
possibly...when lights are turned off a building is "blacked out".
"When the guy closed the gym, he told me the gym will be blacked out
and asked me to leave?" |
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:04 pm
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gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com spake thusly:
| Quote: | I am not very sure, so I asked. When a guy close the gym, he told me
gym will be blocked out and let me leave. I gusss "block out" should be
same as "close".
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If he really did say "blocked out" then he might have been referring
to bookings, rather than the gym itself. So, if the gym has been
closed for painting, or has been booked for a whole day by a
basketball team, you could say that the bookings have been "blocked
out". That is because a block is drawn across the sheet to show that
these times are not available.
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David
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meirman
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:25 am
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In alt.english.usage on 6 Aug 2005 17:15:17 -0700
"gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com" <gouqizi.lvcha@gmail.com> posted:
| Quote: | Hi, All:
Is there difference between "block out" and "close". Thanks.
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Of course. Just look at how they are spelled. You have to give an
example where you think they might be the same before anyone can
answer without guessing.
(If it looks like I'm being picky, let me say that I can think of any
place where one of these could replace the other. It's up to the
poster to show me one.)
s/ meirman
Posting from alt.english.usage
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For gosh sakes, when you ask a question, say what sort of English you are asking about.
When you give an answer, say in what part of the world you think your answer is valid.
If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
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