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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

picking up the restaurant

0 YOu blame your boyfriends for picking up the restaurant.02br
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00Is "up" in the above optional or must it be deleted? Thanks. 0-
  

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0"Picking up" has a number of idiomatic meanings, but none of the ones I'm familiar with makes much sense here. Do you mean "picking" in the sense of "choosing"? 0-

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  • 0"Picking up" has a number of idiomatic meanings, but none of the ones I'm familiar with makes much sense here.
  • Do you mean "picking" in the sense of "choosing"?
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0"Picking up" has a number of idiomatic meanings, but none of the ones I'm familiar with makes much sense here. Do you mean "picking" in the sense of "choosing"? If so then "up" should definitely be deleted.0-
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01cite10Angliholic12cite10Is "up" in the above optional or must it be deleted? 12blockquote
10Nobody is strong enough to pick up a restaurant!!! (lift a restaurant) 05002br
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00I think if you mean "choose a restaurant" you will have to omit 01i00up02i00. 01i0
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0 If you need a preposition to fatten up the sentence, "picking 01i00out02i00" is not uncommon.02br
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00But she should not blame her boyfriends for picking up the tab. 0-
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0 Sorry to interrupt.02br
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00Avangi, What's the difference between a tab and a check?02br
00I've heard of the word tab used in the context of bars. 0-
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0 "Running a tab" at a bar is buying on credit, or not paying for each drink as it's served. It may be good for the evening only, or for a number of days.02br
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00"Check" is more common in a restaurant, and applies to the piece of paper on which the bill is written, but may be used to mean "the amount I owe." "Tab" would only apply to the latter. This doesn't mean a bart
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0Thanks, Avangi. That's interesting 02img0-
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