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'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:23 am  'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord
 

Dears:

Is it right as following:

1) Plug the AC adapter into a wall, outlet.
2) Pull AC adapter out of a wall plug, outlet.

Thanks.
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'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:56 am  'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord
 

Hi,

I would use the words 'plug socket' in place of 'outlet' 'wall plug'. Perhaps also 'remove' in place of 'pull out'.

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'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:19 am  'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord
 

Dear Alan:

As your suggestion, should it be 'Remove AC adapter from a plug socket' ?
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'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:41 am  'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord
 

Yes.

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'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord Wed Mar 19, 2008 15:53 pm  'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord
 

Hi lee12jan

The word 'outlet' would be more common than 'socket' in American English.

If each of your sentences is intended to be a step in a set of instructions, this is what I would suggest:

- Plug the AC adapter into an electrical outlet.

- Remove the AC adapter from the electrical outlet.
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'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:19 am  'Plug into' vs. 'Pull out' power cord
 

Dear Yankee, Thanks for your suggestion.
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