Re: pour out

Skitt wrote:
Robert Bannister wrote:
Skitt wrote:
Mark Brader wrote:
"Masa" asked about:

He poured out a third of a tumbler full of brandy, and splashed
soem soda into it.
(D.Francis)

I (Mark Brader) wrote:
He poured enough brandy into the tumbler to make it 1/3 full.

"Skitt" writes:
Ah, and I thought that there was a full glass of brandy, he
poured out (disposed of) a third of it to make some room, and...

To me, "pour out" means to dispose of.

Not to me. He poured it out of the bottle and into the glass. It's
like immigration and emigration, or coming and going -- the same
action can be viewed either way, depending on your point of view.

Right, but what do you say when you actually pour out (dispose of)
something? I pour our the spoiled milk, for instance. What do you
do?

"I pour the spoiled milk out" sort of works, but "pour away" is
better.

"Pour away" sounds very strange and is something I would never say.

It's analogous to "throw away."
"Throw out" is usually interchangeable with that, however some old radios
had "throw-out" aerials which were a length of wire attached to the set and
intended to be thrown away from the set rather than cut off and thrown out
with the rubbish.
Clear as mud?



.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: pour out
    ... Skitt wrote: ... I (Mark Brader) wrote: ... but what do you say when you actually pour out (dispose of) ... I pour our the spoiled milk, ...
    (alt.usage.english)
  • Re: pour out
    ... Skitt wrote: ... I (Mark Brader) wrote: ... but what do you say when you actually pour out (dispose of) ... I pour our the spoiled milk, ...
    (alt.usage.english)
  • Re: pour out
    ... I (Mark Brader) wrote: ... He poured it out of the bottle and into the glass. ... but what do you say when you actually pour out (dispose of) ... I pour our the spoiled milk, ...
    (alt.usage.english)
  • Re: pour out
    ... like immigration and emigration, or coming and going -- the same action ... but what do you say when you actually pour out (dispose of) ... I pour our the spoiled milk, ...
    (alt.usage.english)