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pre-
prewashing
precuts
pretreating
Due to the fact that I sometimes have a very literal mind - the "pre" in front of all these words seems silly to me.
For prewashing - "washing before cutting" makes sense to me.
Otherwise - prewashing is getting the item dirty, or treating for stains before the item goes into the wash water.
For precuts - precutting - sharpen the blades? get new dies for die cutter machine? mark the lines? measure?
pretreating - diagnose the problem?
Anyone else with anything else?
precuts
pretreating
Due to the fact that I sometimes have a very literal mind - the "pre" in front of all these words seems silly to me.
For prewashing - "washing before cutting" makes sense to me.
Otherwise - prewashing is getting the item dirty, or treating for stains before the item goes into the wash water.
For precuts - precutting - sharpen the blades? get new dies for die cutter machine? mark the lines? measure?
pretreating - diagnose the problem?
Anyone else with anything else?
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Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
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How do you RE-new?
What about REgurgitate? Is swallowing gurgitating then??
When we return something -- an old building? -- to its original state, how is it that we REstore it if it wasn't a store/shop in the first place?
And having just watched Say Yes to the Dress, how can we REnew a vow? Isn't a vow "written in stone," as it were, and therefore always 'permanent' when it's first made? Why don't we call this a REpeat then?
Jan in VA
What about REgurgitate? Is swallowing gurgitating then??
When we return something -- an old building? -- to its original state, how is it that we REstore it if it wasn't a store/shop in the first place?
And having just watched Say Yes to the Dress, how can we REnew a vow? Isn't a vow "written in stone," as it were, and therefore always 'permanent' when it's first made? Why don't we call this a REpeat then?
Jan in VA
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
Precuts are pieces of fabric that have already been cut into a certain shape. Think fat quarters, layer cakes, charms, honey buns, jelly rolls, etc.
I made my student rip out six rows of knitting and redo it.
I made my student rip out six rows of knitting and redo it.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 175
prewashing
precuts
pretreating
Due to the fact that I sometimes have a very literal mind - the "pre" in front of all these words seems silly to me.
For prewashing - "washing before cutting" makes sense to me.
Otherwise - prewashing is getting the item dirty, or treating for stains before the item goes into the wash water.
For precuts - precutting - sharpen the blades? get new dies for die cutter machine? mark the lines? measure?
pretreating - diagnose the problem?
Anyone else with anything else?
precuts
pretreating
Due to the fact that I sometimes have a very literal mind - the "pre" in front of all these words seems silly to me.
For prewashing - "washing before cutting" makes sense to me.
Otherwise - prewashing is getting the item dirty, or treating for stains before the item goes into the wash water.
For precuts - precutting - sharpen the blades? get new dies for die cutter machine? mark the lines? measure?
pretreating - diagnose the problem?
Anyone else with anything else?
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