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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

creep / creep up

Can I say,

The plant creeps the wall.

The plant creeps around / at/ on / over / through the wall.

The plants creeps up / onto the wall.
  

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-- No The plant creeps on / over the wall. The plants creeps up / onto the wall. ' Up ' is the only usual choice.

  • -- No The plant creeps on / over the wall.
  • The plants creeps up / onto the wall.
  • ' Up ' is the only usual choice.
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The plant creeps the wall.-- No

The plant creeps on / over the wall.

The plants creeps up / onto the wall.

'Up' is the only usual choice.
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Can I say,

The plant creeps along the wall.
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Hi. "To creep" means to crawl slowly along. Cars creep along the freeway in heavy traffic, so if you say a plant is creeping or it creeps, you suggest that it is moving so fast that you can see it growing. I do not like the sentence, "The plant creeps along the wall." It is okay to say, "The lizard creeps along the wall."
Carole in Umatilla
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You may say " the plant is vining nicely up on the wall". There are types of ground covers (plants) with long vines that would grow and attach to any porous surface, or wrap around any object that would allow it to climb as it grows.
i.e. Ivy, Jasmine and Vine rose
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The plant creeps along the wall.
This sounds fine to me, Vincent, if the vine is growing more horizontally than vertically.
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Can I say,

The plant creeps up to the wall.
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Yes, if it is on the ground and is approaching the base of the wall
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