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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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beef up airport security
Is this correct? Is it slang? Is it transitive?
Airport security has been beefed up.
The've beefed up airport security.
Airport security has been beefed up.
The've beefed up airport security.
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They are correct. beef up = imrove, make stronger, not formal The first sentence is passive voice; the second is active voice (transitive with an object).
- They are correct.
- beef up = imrove, make stronger, not formal The first sentence is passive voice; the second is active voice (transitive with an object).
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They are correct. beef up = imrove, make stronger, not formal
The first sentence is passive voice; the second is active voice (transitive with an object).
The first sentence is passive voice; the second is active voice (transitive with an object).
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