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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
phrasal verbs: get down, drop off; warded
I came across the following sentences in one of Harold Robbins' novels:
1. He told the driver to drop him at the corner.
2. You may drop me at the hospital later.
3. The driver got down from the truck.
They are not part of conversations. I have learnt that when it comes to setting someone down (from a vehicle), we do not say "drop someone", rather, "drop someone off". Similarly, I have been told that someone "gets off (from)" the bus, truck and lorry but never "get down from". Hence, could someone tell why Harold Robbins had used "drop" and "get down" in the aforesaid manner?
I came across the following sentence in one of P.D.James' novels:
4. "...But she shouldn't have left the ward. It was stupid. She had a temperature at 103.8 whe she was warded."
The author had used "warded" synonymously with "hospitalised". Is this right?
I do not know whether it is a coincidence, but interestingly, all the above usages ("drop someone", "get down from" and "warded") are Singlish
1. He told the driver to drop him at the corner.
2. You may drop me at the hospital later.
3. The driver got down from the truck.
They are not part of conversations. I have learnt that when it comes to setting someone down (from a vehicle), we do not say "drop someone", rather, "drop someone off". Similarly, I have been told that someone "gets off (from)" the bus, truck and lorry but never "get down from". Hence, could someone tell why Harold Robbins had used "drop" and "get down" in the aforesaid manner?
I came across the following sentence in one of P.D.James' novels:
4. "...But she shouldn't have left the ward. It was stupid. She had a temperature at 103.8 whe she was warded."
The author had used "warded" synonymously with "hospitalised". Is this right?
I do not know whether it is a coincidence, but interestingly, all the above usages ("drop someone", "get down from" and "warded") are Singlish
Top answer
1/2 - We use either drop off or the shorter drop. Both are acceptable. 3 - Yes, normally you get off (not followed with though) buses and trains, generally public transport.
- 1/2 - We use either drop off or the shorter drop.
- Both are acceptable.
- 3 - Yes, normally you get off (not followed with though) buses and trains, generally public transport.
- You get out of a car.
- With trucks and lorries, if you get out it sounds as though you were sitting in the cab, if you get off it sounds as though you had been sitting on the part where the goods go.
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1/2 - We use either drop off or the shorter drop. Both are acceptable.
3 - Yes, normally you get off (not followed with though) buses and trains, generally public transport. You get out of a car. With trucks and lorries, if you get out it sounds as though you were sitting in the cab, if you get off it sounds as though you had been sitting on the part where the goods go. It is also accept
3 - Yes, normally you get off (not followed with though) buses and trains, generally public transport. You get out of a car. With trucks and lorries, if you get out it sounds as though you were sitting in the cab, if you get off it sounds as though you had been sitting on the part where the goods go. It is also accept
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