askeladd
Joined: 05 Jan 2010
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Location: Chicago area, USA
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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:19 am Post subject: Re: catch vs reach |
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| klafterreith wrote: |
He could not catch/reach the book on the shelf.
Are both verbs okay? |
No.
catch implies either (1) that the book was falling off the shelf, and he was trying to prevent it from landing on the floor, or (2) someone threw the book at him.
reach is what you want. It implies that no matter how much he stretched his arm, or stood on a chair, or whatever, he could not lay hold of the book.
Hope this helps 
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