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Linhtho0211 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Pull in vs pull up

The police car drove into the car park and ____ sharply.
A.Pulled in B.pulled up
I don't know what to choose because both phrases mean "stop" (a vehicle stops).
Please help me to work out the answer
  

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Hi, The police car drove into the car park and __ sharply. pulled up I don't know what to choose because both phrases mean "stop" (a vehicle stops). Please help me to work out the answer pull in - A vehicle enters a place, eg the car pulled into the garage / the car pulled into a field.

— Clive

  • Hi, The police car drove into the car park and __ sharply.
  • pulled up I don't know what to choose because both phrases mean "stop" (a vehicle stops).
  • Please help me to work out the answer pull in - A vehicle enters a place, eg the car pulled into the garage / the car pulled into a field.
  • pull up - F ocuses on stopping, eg the car pulled up in front of the store, / the car pulled up at a red light.
  • You can also say the car pulled up to the front of the store, focusing on the idea that it drove to the front of the store and then stopped.
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Hi,
The police car drove into the car park and __ sharply.
A.Pulled in B.pulled up
I don't know what to choose because both phrases mean "stop" (a vehicle stops).
Please help me to work out the answer


pull in - A vehicle enters a place, eg the car pulled into the garage / the car pulled into a field.

pull up - Focu
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Thank you so much. So the answer is B
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