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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Check (Up) On
"The doctor checked on the patients."
"The doctor checked up on the patients."
"The police checked on the suspects."
"The police checked up on the suspects."
Could it be that "check on" and "check up on" mean the same thing? Dictionaries suggest that "check on" means "check the well-being of" and "check up" means "convert MI5-style fact-finding", and that their meanings have merged in the phrase "check up on".
"The doctor checked up on the patients."
"The police checked on the suspects."
"The police checked up on the suspects."
Could it be that "check on" and "check up on" mean the same thing? Dictionaries suggest that "check on" means "check the well-being of" and "check up" means "convert MI5-style fact-finding", and that their meanings have merged in the phrase "check up on".
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SheltieBites Could it be that "check on" and "check up on" mean the same thing? I think that a lot of times they are used to mean the same thing. Yes.
- SheltieBites Could it be that "check on" and "check up on" mean the same thing?
- I think that a lot of times they are used to mean the same thing.
- Yes.
- People aren't always very careful about making a distinction between these two expressions.
- But still, there is something about 'well-being' that is often part of the meaning of 'check on', so I don't disagree with the dictionary.
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SheltieBitesCould it be that "check on" and "check up on" mean the same thing?I think that a lot of times they are used to mean the same thing. Yes. People aren't always very careful about making a distinction between these two expressions.
But still, there is something about 'well-being' that is often part of the meaning of 'check on', so I don't
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