A certain phrase is popping up more and more, in blogs, news articles, conversation. I heard it in TV dialogue the other night. And I spotted it in a Times 91原创 story.
At its core is 鈥渞eached out to鈥� 鈥� as in, 鈥淲e鈥檝e reached out to Company X for comment鈥� or 鈥淲e鈥檝e reached out for confirmation鈥� or 鈥淚鈥檒l reach out to her to make it right鈥�
In the old days, it might have been, 鈥淚鈥檒l contact her鈥� or 鈥淐ompany X did not respond to calls for comment.鈥�
But something new is needed in the age of Facebook, Twitter and text messages.
鈥淩eached out to鈥� seems to be an appropriate enough shorthand for saying you鈥檙e trying all sorts of ways to contact someone 鈥� even if it sounds odd.
Here鈥檚 some warmup sentences I鈥檝e been working on, to prepare myself for using the phrase in real life.
I reached out to the cat to see if she would get off the couch.
Has John reached out to Mary about that misunderstanding last night?
He reached out to her, and got a slap in the face.
Might work. But I think I have to practise more to make it sound natural.
Here are some real life examples.
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