An electrical device!! But truth to tell, I did wonder if "pulled out the plug" sounded a little too, hmm, ambiguous for my perverted beloved popslash readers.
Well, me, I would say "I unplugged it," rather than "I pulled out the plug." But the other isn't wrong, per se. And circumstances would change it: Just turning it off via the plug would be "I unplugged it." But if it was more complicated, then: "I crawled under the desk to get to the outlet, and pulled out the plug."
Not helping, am I? heh.
I'm a little torn about the "out" there--I'm not sure most folks would say that? But "I pulled the plug" is a more specific bit, that means shut down/turned off/killed/ terminated, and for a wide range of things, not so much electrical devices. Like "I pulled the plug on Roger's project after he lost all that money." Sort of euthanasia-oriented, actually.
The verb "plug" is correct, but yeah, we use it different ways. You could just as easily say "He pulled the (electrical device's) plug out (of the wall/socket)." as "He unplugged it (OR the [device])."
The latter is generally less formal (obviously), so is actually more likely to be used in a Popslash story or anything where you're trying to match the narrative voice to a casual character.
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Not helping, am I? heh.
I'm a little torn about the "out" there--I'm not sure most folks would say that? But "I pulled the plug" is a more specific bit, that means shut down/turned off/killed/ terminated, and for a wide range of things, not so much electrical devices. Like "I pulled the plug on Roger's project after he lost all that money." Sort of euthanasia-oriented, actually.
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The latter is generally less formal (obviously), so is actually more likely to be used in a Popslash story or anything where you're trying to match the narrative voice to a casual character.
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Pulling the plug would immediately get a 'Oh! I'm so sorry!' followed by hollow reassurances about how 'they're better off' now or 'with God'.
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