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Subject: Re: English native speaker - please help
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On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:32:56 +0200, "Ela Wojtaszek"
<ela_wojtaszek@tlen.usun-to.pl> said:
> Would please tell me if the following sentence is acceptable (in lyrics -
> not written or spoken language)
> "[...] getting wet inside out [...]"
> meannig: getting wet completely, thoroughly. I'd like to avoid "getting wet
> from the inside out" - because it's too long and does not fit rythmically in
> the song.
Something that is "inside out" has had the surface reversed
so that what was inside is now outside. For example, you
can turn stockings inside out.
Your phrase would make more sense -- but still not a lot --
if it were
getting wet inside and out
and the insertion of "and" improves the tempo.
> Thanks a lot in advance.
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