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I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole...



 
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I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole... #1 (permalink) Tue May 27, 2008 10:03 am   I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole...
 

Hi,

Is it right ?

I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole.
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I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole... #2 (permalink) Tue May 27, 2008 10:47 am   I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole...
 

I think on will be enough, but I'm not sure of the expression 'washing pole' (I don't know it, actually.) May be 'the washing line'?
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I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole... #3 (permalink) Tue May 27, 2008 10:56 am   I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole...
 

Inga wrote:
I think on will be enough, but I'm not sure of the expression 'washing pole' (I don't know it, actually.)


If you Google "washing pole" in Google images, you can see a few examples of such.
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I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole... #4 (permalink) Tue May 27, 2008 11:04 am   I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole...
 

As Inga said, I think too that 'washing line' should have been applied and 'up' could be omitted without grammatical error. However, with 'up', the sentence would add a motion to the picture that the clothes are being hung up onto the washing line and suggest at the same time that the washing line is higher than the housewife/maid/etc.
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I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole... #5 (permalink) Tue May 27, 2008 11:27 am   I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole...
 

OK, I see (washing pole is the same?)
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I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole... #6 (permalink) Tue May 27, 2008 11:29 am   I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole...
 

Inga wrote:
OK, I see (washing pole is the same?)


Not sure. I guess a washing pole has lines, but I see a single rope as a "washing line".
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I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole... #7 (permalink) Tue May 27, 2008 11:39 am   I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole...
 

Hi, Molly, and Inqa:

I know washing line, and I think you may never seen the washing pole, it's about 2 meters long, solid pole made of wood.
thanks for your suggestion
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I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole... #8 (permalink) Tue May 27, 2008 11:42 am   I'm hanging the clothes up on the washing pole...
 

I think a pole is a long and hard stick thing but not a soft line. If you say 'washing pole' I feel it must be some kind of 'window washing poles' which are hard and stick out of window so you don't hang cleaned clothes 'up on' them.
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