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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Pick (at) toes.

Is the at necessary?
There was a guy on the street with his socks off picking (at) his toes.

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Anonymous Is the at necessary? Not absolutely necessary. But my question is: Is that sentence necessary?

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AnonymousIs the at necessary?
Not absolutely necessary.

But my question is: Is that sentence necessary? You seem to like sentences with very unpleasant topics. We've had a lot of pee lately and full diapers. Now it's toe-picking. I suppose nose-picking will be next.