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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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he got to his feet//stood up

0Despite his injury, he got to his feet and finished the race.02br
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00Does "got to his feet" in the above amount to "stood up?" Thanks.0-
  

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0 It's very similar. "got to his feet" implies that he fell, I think. "stand up" can be done quite naturally from a sitting position.

— CalifJim

  • 0 It's very similar.
  • "got to his feet" implies that he fell, I think.
  • "stand up" can be done quite naturally from a sitting position.
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0 It's very similar. "got to his feet" implies that he fell, I think. "stand up" can be done quite naturally from a sitting position. When a sitting person stands up, it's not as likely we'd phrase it as "got to his feet".02br
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0 @CJ: Considering the sentence begins "despite his injury", wouldn't it make sense that he'd fallen down?02br
00In which case "got to his feet" would work perfectly. 0-
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0hellosir66, I beg to disagree. As reader, we don't know when the injury occurred . It could be before the race started or even 10 years ago.0-
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0 But if the sentence says he "got to his feet and finished the race.", wouldn't you assume that the clause directly before that had happened just before he got to his feet? 0-
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0That's why you need "got to his feet". It implies that the injury just occurred which is less so with stood up.0-
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