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hiromichi
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 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:09 pm Post subject: put-together |
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Is "put-together" below frequently used?
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wanderkind
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:46 pm Post subject: Re: put-together |
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| hiromichi wrote: |
Is "put-together" below frequently used?
Stress comes from nearly every aspect of our lives. Luckily, there are many methods for staying calm, put-together, and cool as a cucumber. Here are 4 stress relief tips to help you get back on track: |
It can be used that way.
Adjective Definition 2 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/put_together
You can also see 'together' used in a similar way.
Adjective Definition 1 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/together
But, I don't think it's used very often. I'm guessing that is because it is similar enough to 'well put together', which refers to physical build / qualities (often attractiveness), that it can be confusing sometimes, and 'well put together' is used more often.
To give some indication of frequency, here are some search results.
https://www.google.co.kr/search?q=wiktionary+put-together&oq=wiktionary+put-together&aqs=chrome..69i57.7758j0j8&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#newwindow=1&q=%22he's+very+put+together%22
https://www.google.co.kr/webhp?tab=ww&ei=R0RCU5znBIzDkwXFp4DYAg&ved=0CA8Q1S4#newwindow=1&q=%22he's+very+together%22
https://www.google.co.kr/webhp?tab=ww&ei=8ERCU7j4NsqsiAfVkYDwCA&ved=0CBIQ1S4#newwindow=1&q=%22he's+very+well+put+together%22
Lastly, it would be more common to see 'collected' in the sentence you posted, since it's more consistent with 'calm' and 'cool'.
Check out the number of results here
https://www.google.ca/#q=%22calm%2C+put+together%22
https://www.google.ca/#q=%22calm%2C+collected%22
https://www.google.ca/#q=%22calm+and+collected%22 |
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