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missdaredevil
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 Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: drive a nail |
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This is the way to *drive* a nail, according to Hoyle.
to put a nail through using a screwdriver?
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CP
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When you hit a nail on the head with a hammer, you are driving the nail.
A nail is not a screw, and you can't drive a nail with a screwdriver. A screw has a ridge spiraling up the length of the shaft and a slot or crossshaped slot on the head for the screwdriver to fit into.
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Bob S.
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To drive simply means to make it go forward. So you drive a nail with a hammer, you drive a screw with a screwdriver, and you drive cattle with a cowboy.  |
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CP
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So true. For that matter, you drive a team of horses with a whip, and you drive a hard bargain with ruthlessness.
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