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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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He's got a girl up to the Blue Parrot. Goes up there all the time.

0Hi there,02br
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01font00These are sentences from movie Casablanca. 02font02br
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01font001: ''He's got a girl up to the Blue Parrot.''02font02br
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01font002: ''Goes up there all the time.''02font02br
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00If you google sentence 1 then it will turn out that sentence is ''he's got a girl up 01font01b00at02b00 02font00the Blue Parrot''. But as far as I can understand I think it's ''... girl up to ...'' because I have listened to this line so many times. Perhaps someone of you knows exactly which one is correct.02br
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01font00Anyways my question is what does 01i00up to02i00 mean in sentence 1 and can't we just say ''he's got a girl at the Blue Parrot''? And can't we just say 01i00goes there all the time02i00 by omitting up?02font02br
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00Sincerely,02br
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00vijay0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Jackson661212cite 12br 10Hi there,12br 12br 11font 10These are sentences from movie Casablanca. ''12font 12br 12br 10If you google sentence 1 then it will turn out that sentence is ''he's got a girl up 11font 11b 10at12b 10 12font 10the Blue Parrot''. But as far as I can understand I think it's ''...

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Jackson661212cite 12br 10Hi there,12br 12br 11font 10These are sentences from movie Casablanca.
  • ''12font 12br 12br 10If you google sentence 1 then it will turn out that sentence is ''he's got a girl up 11font 11b 10at12b 10 12font 10the Blue Parrot''.
  • But as far as I can understand I think it's ''...
  • '' because I have listened to this line so many times.
  • 12br 12br 11font 10Anyways my question is what does 11i 10up to12i 10 mean in sentence 1 and can't we just say ''he's got a girl at the Blue Parrot''?
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01cite10Jackson661212cite12br
10Hi there,12br
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11font10These are sentences from movie Casablanca. 12font12br
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11font101: ''He's got a girl up to the Blue Parrot.''12font12br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Thank you Philip but I need more help. I think you missed my main questions. Please read my main post again. Thank you02font02br
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00Sincerely,02br
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00vijay0-
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0I think he did answer your questions. Yes, apparently "up to" means "up at." Yes, both of your suggestions are correct. What question did you ask that has still not been answered?0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Grammer Geek my main questions are still unanswered.02br
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001: What does 01i00up to02i00 mean in sentence 1?02br
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00 2: Can't we just say ''he's got a girl 01b01font01u00at02u02font00 02b00the Blue Parrot''?02
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01. I'm personally not familiar with using "up to" as meaning "at," but apparently it is used that way - in a way that is considered substandard.02br
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002. Yes, it's a preferred way to say it.02br
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003. You can omit 01i00up02i00, but it shows, perhaps, that he travels a bit of distance to go there.0-
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