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What is the difference between pick and choose ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between pick and choose ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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9 May 2021
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@PaulaRubio0 fewelvid makes a good point, they are very similar but I guess you pick something from some predefined set of options, although I don't think this is a very rigid rule, at least in everyday English.
I chose the red one, it was my favorite = I picked the red one, it was my favorite
I chose this school because it had the best economics program = I picked this school because it had the best economics program
"Don't blame me, you chose to do that" is good but "Don't blame me, you picked to do that" is not good.
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pick and choose means almost the same thing. Except pick has another meaning which is to take like (a leaf, flower) from a plant or tree. (Sorry for the bad explanation 😅)
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Pick - choose (someone or something) from a number of alternatives.
Choose - to decide that a particular person or thing is the one that you want
They are almost completely interchangeable, any differences are essentially idiomatic, so there may be some special circumstances where one would generally be chosen over the others.
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@PaulaRubio0 fewelvid makes a good point, they are very similar but I guess you pick something from some predefined set of options, although I don't think this is a very rigid rule, at least in everyday English.
I chose the red one, it was my favorite = I picked the red one, it was my favorite
I chose this school because it had the best economics program = I picked this school because it had the best economics program
"Don't blame me, you chose to do that" is good but "Don't blame me, you picked to do that" is not good.
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