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If you can image it

English translation: Just imagine / Just picture it / Just try to conceive it

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English term or phrase:If you can image it
Selected answer:Just imagine / Just picture it / Just try to conceive it
Entered by: Saifollah Mollaei

16:06 Mar 28, 2016
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Science - Science (general)
English term or phrase: If you can image it
If you can image it, a giant anteater can grow a tongue up to 2 feet (0.60 meters) long!

What does the first part of this sentence suggest?
Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Saifollah Mollaei
Iran
Local time: 11:55
Just imagine / Just picture it / Just try to conceive it
Explanation:
The posted phrase serves as an invitation to the reader to conjure the image of the rather startling datum being presented.
Selected response from:

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 04:25
Grading comment
Thank you all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +10Just imagine / Just picture it / Just try to conceive it
Robert Forstag


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
if you can image it
Just imagine / Just picture it / Just try to conceive it


Explanation:
The posted phrase serves as an invitation to the reader to conjure the image of the rather startling datum being presented.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 04:25
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thank you all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
0 min
  -> Thank you, Jack.
agree  philgoddard: It's either bad English or a typo for "imagine", probably the latter.
3 mins
  -> I agree. Thank you, Phil.
agree  Sheila Wilson: I can imag(in)e it being acceptable English in the near future, but not now
15 mins
  -> Thank you, Sheila.
agree  Henk Sanderson
34 mins
  -> Thanks, Henk.
agree  Veronika McLaren
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Veronika.
agree  Mark Nathan: @Sheila - apparently it's already acceptable! Collins lists image as a noun and a verb meaning to "picture in the mind".
5 hrs
  -> Interest tidbit. Thank you, Mark.
agree  Ildiko Santana
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, Ildiko.
agree  David Hollywood: should be "imagine" ... although "image" is just about acceptable
13 hrs
  -> It's in a gray area. Thank you, David.
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Yasutomo.
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: I've seen "image" used as verb several times now (as in =make an image of/picture it). Might come from texting lang. and/or IT
16 hrs
  -> Probably an example of a natural tendency to truncate words, especially in American English. What comes to mind in this regard is "orientate" (UK) vs. "orient (US) and "aluminium" (UK) vs. "aluminum." Thank you, Gallagy.
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