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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Cheer on vs cheer
The fans, jumping up and down, cheered on the home team.
I saw the above sentence on YouTube about the participle phrase video
why do we need "on" here? Would the sentence be not the same without it?
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There is some overlap, but, compared to "cheered", "cheered on" has slightly more of a sense of enouragement to perform. For example, you would "cheer on" a team during a game, but not really after they had won the game.
- There is some overlap, but, compared to "cheered", "cheered on" has slightly more of a sense of enouragement to perform.
- For example, you would "cheer on" a team during a game, but not really after they had won the game.
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There is some overlap, but, compared to "cheered", "cheered on" has slightly more of a sense of enouragement to perform. For example, you would "cheer on" a team during a game, but not really after they had won the game.
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