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Darkhorses Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Cheered him up to keep going
They cheered him up to keep going, because he had only 40 meters left to run.
Is this grammatical? Why?
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darkhorses They cheered him up to keep going, because he had only 40 meters left to run. You cheer someone up when they are in a bad mood. That's not what's happening here, so omit 'up'.
- darkhorses They cheered him up to keep going, because he had only 40 meters left to run.
- You cheer someone up when they are in a bad mood.
- That's not what's happening here, so omit 'up'.
- An infinitive after "cheered him" is very unusual, and when used, it might suggest that it applies to the subject of the sentence, so They cheered him to keep going can imply They cheered him so that they could keep going .
- CJ
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darkhorsesThey cheered himup to keep going,because he had only 40 meters left to run.
You cheer someone up when they are in a bad mood. That's not what's happening here, so omit 'up'.
An infinitive after "cheered him" is very unusual, and when used, it might suggest that it applies to the subject of the sentence, so They cheere
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