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Oct 28, 2015 · But I don't understand the meaning of "check it out". This is an idiomatic expression. "Check it out" and "check it" can have roughly the same meaning, but "check it" usually implies a quick, routine check, rather than a thorough examination. "Check it out" usually implies that you are going to perform some level of thorough examination.
英语 (美国) Check means to "make sure" about, or observe, something. For example, "I checked the temperature." Or, "Make sure to check that you have enough!" To check on means to make sure everything is alright. For example, "I wanted to check on you," or "The principal checked on the classrooms." To check out has two different meanings.
Nov 13, 2014 · What's more common? Checking or checking out in this case? – wyc. Nov 13, 2014 at 7:34. I would say "checking" is better in this scenario. "checking out" has the connotation of "checking out the babes", or perhaps "checking out Mrs. Johnson". – user3169. Nov 13, 2014 at 7:36.
2. Agreed with snailplane. Check out generally means leaving a hotel after settling the bills and also to die. However, in this context, we can say that check-out means to vacate the place (that's what it is, to vacate the hotel). This said, the fellow is not paying attention, he has mentally checked out.
Apr 25, 2014 · I think "check this source code out of the repository" sounds better than "check out this source code of the repository" or "check out this source code out of the repository". (Reading what I've written once again, I think "check out this source code out of the repository" might not sound so bad.) –
Jul 18, 2015 · You are performing a check using the side mirror; you are checking the mirror for traffic. The use of the idiom here is fairly informal and imprecise, but not wrong. The use of "checks" rather than "check" is simply subject-verb agreement with the indicative pronoun "that," which is the subject of the clause. I check. You check. He/she/it checks.
1. 1) To me as a native BrE speaker all of those sentences are OK (apart from correcting "wonder" to "wondering"). Although "check out" originated as AmE it is now heard in BrE too in this context and others. I don't see much difference in the degree of formality. In my experience tradesmen and women are not much interested in formality as ...
Oct 23, 2021 · 1. "Check out" is actually a separate idiom that is not applicable in this context; it refers to the procedure of a formal action of leaving some place where you had been booked in, like a hotel. In "check out", the word "check" is actually a verb -- not a noun. "Check, please" sounds perfectly fine, I cannot possibly see how it could be ...
3. Checking something out can mean "taking a look at something" when used colloquially. So with the first three sentences, checking out does not necessarily mean that you're going to eat there. If you say "I am going to check that restaurant out" it can both mean "I am going to read something about them, get myself informed" or "I'm going there ...
Jun 1, 2019 · "Check out this place" has 13 instances (3 each frrom US and Singapore, 2 from Canada, and a few 1s). "Check this place out" has 60 ( 14 US, 8 Canada, 7 Australlia, 4-6 Far Eastern Englishes, 3 UK). I think the numbers are too small to conclude anything - unsurprising, since this is far less likely to be written than spoken.
