May 23, 2021
Something to write and refills
1.The red refill in my multicolour pen has finished off.
2. The mechanism of the mechanical pencil just broke down and it's no use changing the refill/ changing refills.
3. This marker is running out of ink, get a marker with a fresh ink.
4. I think the ink in this marker has dried off - it's writing so poorly.
5.One of the cartridges in the office photocopier needs changing/replacing.
SometThing tos I wriote andbout refills
In this context, the phrase "something to write", for me, suggests the meaning "something that I am planning on writing in the future", whereas the things that you wrote about are things that you have already written about.
1.The red refill in m My multicolour pen has finished off.
2. The mechanism of trun out of red ink.¶
2. The mechanical pencil just broke down and it's no use changing the refill/ changing refillsrefilling the pen.
3. This marker is running out of ink,; get a marker with a fresh ink.
Generally, two independent clauses should be separated by a semicolon, a comma and conjunction, or a period. Connecting them with only a comma is called a "comma splice".
4. I think the ink in this marker's ink has dried offut - it's writing so poorly.
For markers, the ink is on the outside rather than the inside, so you would describe it as "the marker's ink" rather than "the ink in the marker".
5. One of the cartridges in the office photocopier needs changing/replacing.
Either "changing" or "replacing" would be fine here.
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Great job!
May 23, 2021
Thank you very much for your help and a nice comment.
Could you tell me why I can't use "dried out or off" in this context only "dried up"?
May 23, 2021
Now that I look at that sentence again, I see that probably I should have written "dried out".
I would say the difference between the phrases is as follows:
- "to dry up" - this refers to a liquid drying until it is no longer visible (for example, the sentence "The puddle of water dried up." means that the water evaporated, such that the puddle no longer exists). Here, the emphasis is on the liquid.
- "to dry off" - this refers to a liquid on a surface drying until it is no longer visible. For example: "My umbrella's drying off in the hall" (source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20off). Here, the emphasis is on the surface that the liquid happened to be on (the important thing is the umbrella, not the water on the umbrella).
- "to dry out" - my sense is that this is the same as "to dry up"
May 23, 2021
Thank you once again then. So both what you wrote first - "dried up" and "dried out" are correct, right? 🙂
May 24, 2021
Yes, both would work.
May 24, 2021
👍🙂
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Something to write and refills
In this context, the phrase "something to write", for me, suggests the meaning "something that I am planning on writing in the future", whereas the things that you wrote about are things that you have already written about. |
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1.The red refill in my multicolour pen has finished off. 2. The mechanism of the mechanical pencil just broke down and it's no use changing the refill/ changing refills. 1. |
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3. This marker is running out of ink, get a marker with a fresh ink. 3. This marker is running out of ink Generally, two independent clauses should be separated by a semicolon, a comma and conjunction, or a period. Connecting them with only a comma is called a "comma splice". |
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4. I think the ink in this marker has dried off - it's writing so poorly. 4. I think For markers, the ink is on the outside rather than the inside, so you would describe it as "the marker's ink" rather than "the ink in the marker". |
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5.One of the cartridges in the office photocopier needs changing/replacing. 5. One of the cartridges in the office photocopier needs changing/replacing. Either "changing" or "replacing" would be fine here. |
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