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LeGion12359 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Habitual events in the past.
We would visit Grandma every morning up at the farm.
Can we say it like this without altering its meaning:
We used to visit Grandma..............?
What's 'up' showing here? At the end of the morning I guess.
Can we say it like this without altering its meaning:
We used to visit Grandma..............?
What's 'up' showing here? At the end of the morning I guess.
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Yes, you can use 'used to' with practically the same meaning. 'Up' suggests that the farm was on higher ground than the speaker's home.
- Yes, you can use 'used to' with practically the same meaning.
- 'Up' suggests that the farm was on higher ground than the speaker's home.
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Yes, you can use 'used to' with practically the same meaning.
'Up' suggests that the farm was on higher ground than the speaker's home.
'Up' suggests that the farm was on higher ground than the speaker's home.
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LeGion12359We used to visit Grandma..............?Yes.
LeGion12359What's 'up' showing here? At the end of the morning I guess.No time of day.
Apparently the farm was located "up" from wherever they traveled from.
The adverb is not necessary, but it makes the sentence more "quaint."
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fivejedjonYes, you can use 'used to' with practically the same meaning.'Up' suggests that the farm was on higher ground than the speaker's home.Thank you Teacher.
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AlpheccaStarsNo time of day.Apparently the farm was located "up" from wherever they traveled from.The adverb is not necessary, but it makes the sentence more "quaint."So It's an adverb,then shouldn't we say it like this in a proper sequence:
We would visit up Grandma every morning at the farm?
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LeGion12359So It's an adverb,then shouldn't we say it like this in a proper sequence:We would visit up Grandma every morning at the farm?No.
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fivejedjonNo.But why? If it's modifying 'visit' then that should also be the correct sequence.
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LeGion12359 If it's modifying 'visit'It does not modify "visit."
We would occasionally visit Grandma up at the farm.
Occasionally modifies visit.
"up at the farm" reads to me like one adverbial phrase.
It could be interpreted as one of these:
Up the river at the farm
Up the hill at the farm
Up th
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AlpheccaStarsIt does not modify "visit."We would occasionally visit Grandma up at the farm.Occasionally modifies visit.I know that but then what was it modifying there?
I was taught that an adverb always modifies a verb,adjective or another adverb.
up the river/hill/road, the river/hill/road=noun phrase
As I know, a preposition is always followed
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LeGion12359I was taught that an adverb always modifies a verb,adjective or another adverb.More recent approaches to grammar include prepositional phrases among the elements which can be modified by adverbs.
up at the farm / right at the corner / just before the war
CJ
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CalifJimMore recent approaches to grammar include prepositional phrases among the elements which can be modified by adverbs.up at the farm / right at the corner / just before the warWow! That's some thing current to me Teacher.
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