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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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"After you eat up, you must clear it up."

"After you eat up, you must clear it up."

Is the sentence okay to use to you? Thank you so much as always and have a good and safe day, please.
  

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It doesn't sound quite natural to me. There's a play on words, and it would be more effective if it were parallel: After you eat up, you must clear up. After you eat it up, you must clear it up.

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  • It doesn't sound quite natural to me.
  • There's a play on words, and it would be more effective if it were parallel: After you eat up, you must clear up.
  • After you eat it up, you must clear it up.
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It doesn't sound quite natural to me. There's a play on words, and it would be more effective if it were parallel:

After you eat up, you must clear up.
After you eat it up, you must clear it up. (A native speaker would understand that the antecedents of "it" are assumed.)
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