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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
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Is "pile up" the only answer?

It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it fall down [pile up]. One morning, I walked slowly downstairs and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees and crawled back upstairs, so those good people would not see me.
  

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wangqh2696122 Is "pile up" the only answer? The only answer to what? What is the question?

— CalifJim

  • wangqh2696122 Is "pile up" the only answer?
  • The only answer to what?
  • What is the question?
  • , while I ...
  • watched it ______ there are a great many ways to fill in the blank.
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wangqh2696122Is "pile up" the only answer?
The only answer to what? What is the question?

In the sentence It snowed ..., while I ... watched it ______ there are a great many ways to fill in the blank. 'fall down' and 'pile up' are just two of them.

Is that what you wanted to know?

CJ
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Exactly. I wonder if ""fall down ""is ok to replace pile up .
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wangqh2696122I wonder if ""fall down ""is ok to replace pile up .
It's OK, but just "fall" is better because we so often use "fall down" to describe what happens when a person slips or stumbles on something. Snow falls. People stumble and fall down.

By the way, "fall" and "pile up" do not have the same meaning, but I think you already knew th
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