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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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carried the boys up

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0Hi,02br
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0 (a) They quickly carried the boy 01b00up02b00 to the beach.02br
00The word "up" is 00unnecessary.02br
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00 (b) They quickly carried the boy to the beach.02br
00This is correct.02br
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00 (c) They carried the boy back to the beach.02br
00This is correct if you are implying the boy is retu
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0it's ok to include 'up' if you want to include a directional element. Although beaches are normally 'down', aren't they 050010id1
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0Hi,02br
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00Generally speaking, in a context like we have here I think of 'away from the water, towards the land' as 'up the beach', and the opposite as 'down'.02br
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