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Fakaki Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Meet/meet with/meet up with
Hello!
Can anybody explain the differences between meet, meet with, and meet up with?
1. meet someone
2. meet with someone
3. meet up with someone
Is number #2 sort of suggestive of a formal meeting whereas #3 is an informal and casual way of saying "get together with someone?"
Thank you so much for your time!
-Tony
Can anybody explain the differences between meet, meet with, and meet up with?
1. meet someone
2. meet with someone
3. meet up with someone
Is number #2 sort of suggestive of a formal meeting whereas #3 is an informal and casual way of saying "get together with someone?"
Thank you so much for your time!
-Tony
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Your explanation is about right, Tony. The forms overlap, but 'meet with' suggests an extended, more formal discussion, while #1 and #3 indicate no more than getting together. '#3 suggests to me a quick getting together in order to do something else: 'We're meeting up in Rome and going on to Venice from there'.
- Your explanation is about right, Tony.
- The forms overlap, but 'meet with' suggests an extended, more formal discussion, while #1 and #3 indicate no more than getting together.
- '#3 suggests to me a quick getting together in order to do something else: 'We're meeting up in Rome and going on to Venice from there'.
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Your explanation is about right, Tony. The forms overlap, but 'meet with' suggests an extended, more formal discussion, while #1 and #3 indicate no more than getting together. '#3 suggests to me a quick getting together in order to do something else: 'We're meeting up in Rome and going on to Venice from there'.
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#1: We met on the street yesterday.
To meet someone can be a chance encounter.
It can also be used for someone you have not seen before, or the first time you ever saw them.
John: Have you met Mary?
Bill: No, But I've heard she's really nice.
John: I'll introduce you to her.
(A few days later)
Bill: I met Mary on Monday.
To meet someone can be a chance encounter.
It can also be used for someone you have not seen before, or the first time you ever saw them.
John: Have you met Mary?
Bill: No, But I've heard she's really nice.
John: I'll introduce you to her.
(A few days later)
Bill: I met Mary on Monday.
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Hi teachers,
If two persons are going to a planned meeting at a certain place at 9 am, and they will meet at the subway station first before they go to the place where the meeting takes place. Is it alright to use "meet up"
Person A: I'll meet you up at the subway at 8:30 am.
Person B: I'll be on time. See you there.
Person A: Ok
If two persons are going to a planned meeting at a certain place at 9 am, and they will meet at the subway station first before they go to the place where the meeting takes place. Is it alright to use "meet up"
Person A: I'll meet you up at the subway at 8:30 am.
Person B: I'll be on time. See you there.
Person A: Ok
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The structure is a little different, Tinanam. And the phrasal is inseparable:
Person A: I'll meet up with you at the subway at 8:30 am.
Person A: I'll meet up with you at the subway at 8:30 am.
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tinanam0102Person A: I'll meet you up at the subway at 8:30 am.The subway is not up, it's down.
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Hi teachers,
Thank you for your help.
If I am not using a phrasal verb, "meet up with". The subway is not up, it's down. Is "I'll meet you down at the subway"? or maybe "I'll meet you down the subway"? (Just like sentences: I can't open this file up")
Thank again for your time
Tinanam
Thank you for your help.
If I am not using a phrasal verb, "meet up with". The subway is not up, it's down. Is "I'll meet you down at the subway"? or maybe "I'll meet you down the subway"? (Just like sentences: I can't open this file up")
Thank again for your time
Tinanam
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tinanam0102 "I'll meet you down the subway"?Not quite:
I'll meet you down in the subway.
Compare with:
I'll meet you up at your office. (Your office is on a higher floor and we have to use the stairs or lift to get there.)
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Mister Micawber,
while you are right that meet up with smb is an inseparable construction, it is not a phrasal verb - it's a prepositional verb.
The structure of a phrasal is (verb + adverb) or (verb + adverb + preposition).
The other way of differentiating phrasal verbs from their prepositional counterparts is that with phrasal verbs you can move the object:
Can I m
while you are right that meet up with smb is an inseparable construction, it is not a phrasal verb - it's a prepositional verb.
The structure of a phrasal is (verb + adverb) or (verb + adverb + preposition).
The other way of differentiating phrasal verbs from their prepositional counterparts is that with phrasal verbs you can move the object:
Can I m
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