Free up
Hi,
I know that you can 'free up more space on your flash drive or something', but I wanted to ask you if something can free up on its own.
For instance: "Let me know if any apartments in this building free up."
Thank you.
Top answer
" No. The pattern is subject "frees up" object . The landlord evicted five tenants to free up some units in his building.
- " No.
- The pattern is subject "frees up" object .
- The landlord evicted five tenants to free up some units in his building.
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Ann225"Let me know if any apartments in this building free up."
No. The pattern is subject "frees up" object.
The landlord evicted five tenants to free up some units in his building.
Your sentence is best stated this way:
"Let me know if any apartments in this building are available."
0Almost all verbs in English can be transitive or intransitive, and I believe "free up" can be used intransitively, as well as transitively, for example:
The apartment frees up at the end of the month.
More space will free up on your hard drive if you use this utility program.
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