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Jul 9, 2011 · mariposita said: Pull oneself together implies that you are using your internal resources and fortitude to reconstitute yourself in a fairly sudden manner. Put oneself together seems more like reconstructing yourself piece by piece. Sometimes we say, put the pieces back together, after some life-shattering event:
Jun 19, 2007 · I think the problem with it from a grammatical point of view is the singular friend. "I went to the party together with my friends" sounds better, and seems to imply use of the word "together" referring to a group action, not just a party of two. But I still would find either of these (singular or plural) as odd in BE.
Dec 22, 2010 · English, AE/Spanish-Mexico. Dec 23, 2010. #6. JamesM said: I agree. I would tend to say "they've been sitting next to each other" not "they've been sitting together". "Sitting together" gives me the impression they are sitting side by side on the same bench. Interesting. I guess it is all in how the mind works.
Oct 20, 2010 · American English. Oct 20, 2010. #3. pull it back together -- get everything back together (reassemble your reality, in this case) in order to be able to do something or move forward with your life. Edit: Nunty's suggestion is good. R.
Jun 18, 2016 · British English. Jun 17, 2016. #3. I don't find "shall we have dinner together" natural, unless the other person is also going for dinner, or about to do the same thing whatever it is. Then you might say 'Let's have dinner together!'. An invitation would be 'Will you have dinner with me?' or 'Why don't you come and have dinner with me.
Dec 3, 2012 · Interesting question since all three mean, more or less, the same thing. "Get together" implies an informal relationship, e.g. "getting together" at the local pub. "Come together," implies something of a spiritual agreement in the context of a gathering, e.g. a religious service. We use "assemble" for formal gatherings of politicians, warriors ...
Sep 4, 2015 · English - England. Sep 4, 2015. #2. The first two work because the nouns are joined by and. This is how "go well together" works. The things that go well together form the subject of "to go well together." The third one does not work because you are using the subject and object of "destroy". You cannot use " go well together" to refer to both a ...
Mar 11, 2010 · Senior Member. Columbia, SC. English - US. Apr 8, 2010. #6. I think, "taken together" is used of two or more things, and "taken all together" of more than two things. Grammatically, "taken" is a participle modifying whatever things you're talking about. For instance, in post 1, "taken" modifies "these influences."
Dec 8, 2013 · Dec 8, 2013. #3. Fictional said: I think it means to pull yourself together. ''Pull yourself together'' means ''calm down'' if I'm not mistaken, but the situation is different in here. They are in a room alone that a friend of woman knocks on the door and tells the woman that they need to hurry going to the hospital and then the woman answers ...
Mar 26, 2016 · a. They live together happily. b. They live happily together. c. They happily live together. I would say the graph simply reflect the relative frequency of the three alternative placements. So (C) is not wrong or never used: it's just an uncommon placement compared to the other two. P.
