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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Coming up on midnight

Is come up on a verbal phrase because I could not find it in the dictionary? Is it correct?
We are coming up on midnight. We should wrap it up.

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Anonymous Is " come up on " a verbal phrase because I could not find it in the dictionary? No. The grammatical identity of a word group does not depend on whether you are able to find it in a dictionary.

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  • Anonymous Is " come up on " a verbal phrase because I could not find it in the dictionary?
  • No.
  • The grammatical identity of a word group does not depend on whether you are able to find it in a dictionary.
  • Anonymous We are coming up on midnight.
  • We should wrap it up.
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AnonymousIs "come up on" a verbal phrase because I could not find it in the dictionary?
No. The grammatical identity of a word group does not depend on whether you are able to find it in a dictionary.
AnonymousWe are coming up on midnight. We should wrap it up.
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