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Ann225 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Ease, ease off, ease up
Hi,
“She should ease her demands. She’s asking too much from her employees.”
“She should ease off her demands..”
“She should ease up on her demands.”
Are all of them possible?
Thank you.
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Ann225 “She should ease her demands. ” Good, but perhaps a bit precious. ” I wouldn't.
- Ann225 “She should ease her demands.
- ” Good, but perhaps a bit precious.
- ” I wouldn't.
- She would ease up on her employees, not on her demands.
- Ann225 Are all of them possible?
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Ann225“She should ease her demands. She’s asking too much from her employees.”
Good, but perhaps a bit precious.
Ann225“She should ease off her demands..”
The transitive use is more literal, I'd say, like "She should ease off the leash so her dog can trot more freely."
Ann225“She should
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