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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

high up

0Hello,02br
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001. The fort was 01b00high up02b00 on a hill. (What is meaning of "high up" here?)02br
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00Does it mean "The fort was high and up on a hill?02br
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00The fort was on a high hill.0-
  

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0 I think it probably would mean that the hill was at least fairly high, and that the fort was at or near the top of the hill. 0-

— Nef

  • 0 I think it probably would mean that the hill was at least fairly high, and that the fort was at or near the top of the hill.
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0 I think it probably would mean that the hill was at least fairly high, and that the fort was at or near the top of the hill. 0-
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0 I agree with Nef.02br
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00"The fort was high up on the hill".02br
00 was high : was located in a high position.02br
00 up : a manner adverb to describe how it stands.02br
00 on the hill : a place adverb.02br
00"The fort stood up in a high position (which is ) on the hill".02br
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00paco 0-
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01cite10Paco200412cite10I agree with Nef.12br
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10"The fort was high up on the hill".12br
10 was high : was located in a high position.12br
10 up : a manner adverb to describe how it stands.12br
10 on the hill : a place adverb.12br
10"The fort stood up in a h
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01cite10Rishonly12cite10Per my dictionary, I was parsing "high up" as an adverb;meaning "at a great/high altitude".12br
10The fort was at a high altitude on the hill.12blockquote
10Hi Krish, 02br
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00You might be more correct, because they say like "The village is high up on the hil
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01cite10Paco200412cite11blockquote
11cite20Rishonly22cite20Per my dictionary, I was parsing "high up" as an adverb;meaning "at a great/high altitude".22br
20The fort was at a high altitude on the hill.22blockquote
20Hi Krish, 12br
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10You migh
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