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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Clean up
A clean up robot. Why wouldn't you say 'a cleaning robot' and instead use 'clean up'? Is it a noun? Then what does it mean?
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"clean-up robot" needs a hyphen. Yes, "clean-up" is a noun. a=british the act of making a place clean and tidy "cleaning robot" is also fine of course, and would be more usual, I would think, for normal cleaning duties.
- "clean-up robot" needs a hyphen.
- Yes, "clean-up" is a noun.
- a=british the act of making a place clean and tidy "cleaning robot" is also fine of course, and would be more usual, I would think, for normal cleaning duties.
- g.
- for industrial waste, say.
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"clean-up robot" needs a hyphen. Yes, "clean-up" is a noun. See definition at http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/clean-up?a=british
the act of making a place clean and tidy
"cleaning robot" is also fine of course, and would be more usual, I wou
the act of making a place clean and tidy
"cleaning robot" is also fine of course, and would be more usual, I wou
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