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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
'high up' vs 'high'
The boys fell down and landed on their buttocks. Fortunately, the branch they were on was not too high up, otherwise they would have been seriously injured.
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I think you would say: the branch is high up in the tree and to a lesser extent: the branch is high in the tree thus I would keep up in.
- I think you would say: the branch is high up in the tree and to a lesser extent: the branch is high in the tree thus I would keep up in.
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I think you would say:
the branch is high up in the tree
and to a lesser extent:
the branch is high in the tree
thus I would keep up in.
the branch is high up in the tree
and to a lesser extent:
the branch is high in the tree
thus I would keep up in.
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You may also want to say they fall off instead of down. Certainly, down was the direction, but the problem was that they were on something (the branch) and fell off it.
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I made a search at
in the online classical literature, with:
site:literaturepost.com "high up in the tree"
and
site:literaturepost.com "high in the tree"
and both show up, thus as I assumed, this seems to be a matter of preference.
in the online classical literature, with:
site:literaturepost.com "high up in the tree"
and
site:literaturepost.com "high in the tree"
and both show up, thus as I assumed, this seems to be a matter of preference.
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Do you think as Marius does? He says that I should write "The branch was not high up in the tree." By adding 'in the tree' would it make the sentence better? Or is it understood that the branch is in the tree? In other words, "in the tree" need not be added.
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Sorry, I don't insist on (having) "in the tree." It was reflex reading
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Marius, thanks for clarifying that it is not necessary to include the phrase 'in the tree'.
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