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pick them up vs pick they up

The correct phrase is "pick them up." The use of the pronoun 'them' is necessary in this context to indicate the object being picked up. 'Pick they up' is incorrect as 'they' is a subject pronoun and cannot be used as an object.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 842 views

pick them up

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you want to indicate that you are lifting or collecting a group of objects or people.

Examples:

  • Could you pick them up from the store?
  • I need to pick them up from the airport.
  • Don't forget to pick them up after school.
  • She asked me to pick them up on my way home.
  • Let's pick them up and take them with us.
  • Captain MacDanial will take a patrol out tomorrow morning and pick them up.
  • Except Thursday, when Isabel forgot to pick them up.
  • I'll just pick them up a little early.
  • Mrs. Parvizi will be by to pick them up in a few hours.
  • With Manidù always close, it was easy to pick them up.
  • I never saw no one pick them up.
  • They might pick them up for a fashion line.
  • There's a U-boat coming to pick them up.
  • We used to pick them up every day.
  • The helicopter will return to pick them up, forward.
  • I'll pick them up after I block the roads.
  • We'll pick them up in separate cars.
  • We just had to pick them up from the dry cleaner.
  • Yes, all you have to do is pick them up.
  • We'll get more as fast as Lloyd can pick them up.
  • If you would please leave my toothbrush And my home brewing kit at the doorstep, I'll pick them up tomorrow.
  • Those prison gates opened and not one person from your group was there to pick them up.
  • I need you to pick them up later.
  • I heard that, I'll come pick them up.
  • He's going to pick them up in about 20 minutes.

pick they up

This phrase is incorrect in English. 'They' cannot be used as an object pronoun.

  • In the so-called chatter they pick up they wasn't sure Tappahannock.
  • Every time they pick somebody up, they leave a mark.
  • They pick up their possessions and disappear.
  • They pick up electrical impulses from your brain and stimulate the corresponding muscles.
  • They pick up the virus from the melting permafrost.
  • Electrostatic charges, they pick up dust.
  • They pick up some of the tools that we've developed.
  • They pick up the garbage every morning, 5:15.
  • Thursdays they pick up Chinese for dinner.
  • Thursdays they pick up Chinese for dinner.
  • They pick up things at that age.
  • It means they pick up infrasound.
  • They pick up slaves from the Klamaths.
  • When they pick up women take the wearing a big cowboy hat or something.
  • We make a call, they pick it up.
  • When they pick me up, you follow us.
  • Maybe we could arrange that if they'd pick up the phone.
  • I was wondering if you could pick up where they left off.
  • Once they adapt, they'll pick up speed and get right back to...
  • They can pick up their writ and talk to their snitch on Wednesday.

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