Timeline for Does "Her hair was tied back in a neat bow." mean the ribbon in her hair is in a bow?
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| Nov 28, 2023 at 21:47 | history | edited | Lambie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 20, 2023 at 16:49 | comment | added | Lambie | Tom: You need to provide links to the pictures which are copyright protected: Image credit: hairandmakeupbysteph And the link: bebeautiful.in/all-things-hair/everyday/… Please stop posting these questions with pictures without attribution. It is plagiarism. | |
| Nov 19, 2023 at 14:48 | comment | added | Lambie | @TimR The hair itself is not tied in bow. It is merely put/brought together to look as if it were... | |
| Nov 19, 2023 at 12:17 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 15, 2023 at 13:12 | comment | added | Andy Bonner | I think it's the ribbon, but note, it's not the words that lead to this conclusion, but a cultural assumption of which practice is more common. | |
| Nov 15, 2023 at 13:05 | comment | added | TimR | Until I saw that picture of the hair itself formed into the shape of a bow, I would never have thought it was possible, and would have said, "Of course it's the ribbon, you fool." :-) The words in a neat bow are ambiguous. But until that hair-do becomes very popular, or the context is unusual hairdos, it is fairly safe to conclude the "bow" is probably some kind of ribbon or yarn. | |
| Nov 15, 2023 at 12:45 | comment | added | Lambie | No, but you can say I tied a string or ribbon around the box with a bow. | |
| Nov 15, 2023 at 12:28 | answer | added | Paul Tanenbaum | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 15, 2023 at 12:01 | comment | added | Tom | @MichaelHarvey, can I say "I tied the box in a bow"? | |
| Nov 15, 2023 at 10:33 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | That top picture looks like a recipe for trouble! | |
| Nov 15, 2023 at 10:31 | comment | added | Stuart F | It's also common to say "Her hair was tied back in a ribbon", but you could use "with a bow/ribbon". | |
| Nov 15, 2023 at 9:25 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | Usually it's the ribbon that's tied in a bow. | |
| Nov 15, 2023 at 9:19 | history | asked | Tom | CC BY-SA 4.0 |