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Rishonly Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
FOR UP TO (MEANING)
Hello Teachers,
Last Wednesday, with traffic stalled on Highway 79 for up to five hours, Dame's commute was anything but usual.
(1) What is the function and form of 'for' and 'up to' together?
(2) Is it meaningful and grammatically correct if we omit 'up to'?
Last Wednesday, with traffic stalled on Highway 79 for up to five hours, Dame's commute was anything but usual.
(1) What is the function and form of 'for' and 'up to' together?
(2) Is it meaningful and grammatically correct if we omit 'up to'?
Top answer
Let's start with the second question. Yes, the expression "for five hours" is the typical expression for designating the amount of time during which something was happening. "for" doesn't really group together with "up to".
- Let's start with the second question.
- Yes, the expression "for five hours" is the typical expression for designating the amount of time during which something was happening.
- "for" doesn't really group together with "up to".
- "up to" goes with "five".
- It means "various numbers, the maximum of which is five".
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Let's start with the second question. Yes, the expression "for five hours" is the typical expression for designating the amount of time during which something was happening.
"for" doesn't really group together with "up to".
"up to" goes with "five". It means "various numbers, the maximum of which is five".
The idea in the example sentence is that Highway 79 was ver
"for" doesn't really group together with "up to".
"up to" goes with "five". It means "various numbers, the maximum of which is five".
The idea in the example sentence is that Highway 79 was ver
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