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The woman said as she pulled a small coin out of a small wallet ... The woman said as she pulled a small coin out of a small box she opened/used earlier. I am wondering if "opened" or "use...
#4: Question reopened
by
Amadeus
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2020-01-25T23:38:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
#3: Attribution notice added
by
System
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2019-12-08T13:04:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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woxim
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2019-12-08T13:04:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
> The woman said as she pulled a small coin out of a small wallet ... The woman said as she pulled a small coin out of a small box **she opened/used** earlier. I am wondering if "opened" or "used" is perfectly fine here, because the action used is vague when it shouldn't be (she took her wallet out of her pocket, she then retrieved a coin out of it), but using the right qualitative phrase would make the sentence more awkward than need be. > The woman said as she pulled a small coin out of a small wallet ... The woman said as she pulled a small coin out of a small box **she retrieved a coin out from earlier.** So what would you suggest doing. I am quite undecided on what's the best thing to be done in this situation.
#1: Imported from external source
by
System
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2019-09-30T23:20:10Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 2