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- Solicit vs. elicit - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
solicit - to seek after; to try to find, obtain, or acquire As implied by the second part of the first definition, in OP's exact context either word could be used And I would say the intended meaning is so clear it's pointless to suggest the actual choice of verb could have any semantic significance there (most people would just use get or
- What does the phrase followed to solicit mean in this sentence?
He'd sent Eisman his company's financial statements and then followed, with an interpreter, to solicit Eisman's investment "You don't even own stock in your company," said Eisman, after the typically elaborate Japanese businessman introductions -The Big Short by Michael Lewis What does it mean "followed to solicit" in this sentence?
- meaning in context - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Is soliciting in the example sentence an adjective or a noun?
I am trying to identify what that word, or any similar transitive verb (such as solicit, elicit, etc), would be called in the context of the sentence in the example The sentence doesn't necessarily have to be this exact sentence –
- If a prostitute solicits a potential client, what verb is used for . . .
These slang terms are used among both prostitutes and law enforcement for persons who solicit prostitutes Prostitution article on Wikipedia (bolding is mine) And in case you believe Wikipedia is a left-wing plot, let's take a dictionary definition to support my point: solicit 3
- formality - What is the *best* way to express that an email contains an . . .
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- grammaticality - Can the word unsolicited be used as a verb . . .
I agree that solicit is the citation form for the verb from which solicited derives, but I cannot imagine *unsolicit Not all adjectives of the -ed variety derive from a verb, and so should not be called verbs I’m spacing on the technical name for these, though Gimme a second and I’ll dig up a proper reference –
- Origin of deez nuts - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Deez Nuts is the punchline of a conversational joke that involves asking someone a vaguely-phrased question to solicit a follow-up question in response, typically in the form of one of the five Ws, before yelling out the said phrase in an obnoxious manner
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