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Latest post Fri, Oct 31 2008 4:49 AM by AlpheccaStars. 1 replies.
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MaverickK  +  582054 Fri, 31 Oct 08 04:31 AM
Hi,

Please let me know what is wrong with this idiom usage -

"When I returned home, I began to read everything I could get my hand on about Israel."

I feel something is wrong in the sentence with respect to the idiom usage.Please help.
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AlpheccaStars  +  582059 Fri, 31 Oct 08 04:49 AM
MaverickK
“"When I returned home, I began to read everything I could get my hands on about Israel."”
 

The only thing you missed was the plural of "hand"

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