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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

HOLD OUT vs HOLD UP & TO (option?)

HOLD UP or HOLD OUT

- This house will hold/hold out/resist the storm.
- The wheels won't hold out/hold up under sunch pressure.

- What is the energy loss due to friction? (Does the sentence make sense with FRICTION at the end?)
- Don't do everything he asks you (to)? Is TO optional?

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alc24 - This house will hold/hold out/resist the storm. I would not choose any of the options. You might possibly say "hold out under the storm" or "hold up during the storm".

— Yankee

  • alc24 - This house will hold/hold out/resist the storm.
  • I would not choose any of the options.
  • You might possibly say "hold out under the storm" or "hold up during the storm".
  • alc24 - The wheels won't hold out/hold up under such pressure.
  • I'd say either might be used, but "hold up" seems like the more likely choice to me.
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alc24- This house will hold/hold out/resist the storm.
I would not choose any of the options.

You might possibly say "hold out under the storm" or "hold up during the storm".
alc24- The wheels won't hold out/hold up under such pressure.
I'd say either might be used, but "hold up" seems like the more likely ch
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Hello Yankee,

How are you?

Could I ask you what you think about these and how you'd say it please?

I don't know if I could last a month on that kind of money.

I don't know if I could hold out a month on that kind of money.

I don't know if I could last a month wit
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