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Clee62 Posted 15 years ago
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Meet and meet up
Hi,
I am just wondering if there is any difference in meaning between two verb phrases "meet" and "meet up".
Do they both mean "come together formally by arrangement"?
Since I was reading a novel, and it happened to use "meet up", so i was wondering why it uses "meet up" instead of just "meet"?
The actual sentence written from the novel is " Maybe it was his treasure to have wound up in that strange land, met up with a thief,..."
thanks
I am just wondering if there is any difference in meaning between two verb phrases "meet" and "meet up".
Do they both mean "come together formally by arrangement"?
Since I was reading a novel, and it happened to use "meet up", so i was wondering why it uses "meet up" instead of just "meet"?
The actual sentence written from the novel is " Maybe it was his treasure to have wound up in that strange land, met up with a thief,..."
thanks
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Hi, The phrasal verb meet up is quite informal, and means about the same as meet , except that meet up usually indicates that the meeting was made by an arrangement, as you said. Novels don't seem to maintain the casual language we use every day, and therefore you should not be surprised by the unique writing style. Likewise, it is not recommended to learn English—especially modern English—by reading novels only.
- Hi, The phrasal verb meet up is quite informal, and means about the same as meet , except that meet up usually indicates that the meeting was made by an arrangement, as you said.
- Novels don't seem to maintain the casual language we use every day, and therefore you should not be surprised by the unique writing style.
- Likewise, it is not recommended to learn English—especially modern English—by reading novels only.
- Regards
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Hi,
The phrasal verb meet up is quite informal, and means about the same as meet, except that meet up
usually indicates that the meeting was made by an arrangement, as you said.
Novels don't seem to maintain the casual language we use every day, and therefore you should not
be surprised by the unique writing style. Likewise, it is not recomm
The phrasal verb meet up is quite informal, and means about the same as meet, except that meet up
usually indicates that the meeting was made by an arrangement, as you said.
Novels don't seem to maintain the casual language we use every day, and therefore you should not
be surprised by the unique writing style. Likewise, it is not recomm
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