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Natybrazil Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Make up for

Hello!!!

I was wondering if it would be right to use the expression "make up for" when referring to some classes that the students did not have due to a teachers' strike and now they have to compensate for them:

the students have to make up for the missing classes.

the students have to make up for the classes they did not have.

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We use simply ' make up ': the students have to make up the missing classes. the students have to make up the classes they did not have. Make up for usually means a different sort of compensation than the original: She made up for her coldness Friday with a real hot Saturday night.

— Mister Micawber

  • We use simply ' make up ': the students have to make up the missing classes.
  • the students have to make up the classes they did not have.
  • Make up for usually means a different sort of compensation than the original: She made up for her coldness Friday with a real hot Saturday night.
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We use simply 'make up':

the students have to make up the missing classes.
the students have to make up the classes they did not have.

Make up for usually means a different sort of compensation than the original: She made up for her coldness Friday with a real hot Saturday night.
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Thank you for sharing! I agree in the post

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