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Aqua aqua 38 Posted 4 years ago
Vocabulary

Quietly walk upstairs, or, walk quietly upstairs?

Quietly walk upstairs, or, walk quietly upstairs?

When writing instructions would you write:

next, walk quietly upstairs.

next, quietly walk upstairs.

  

Top answer

They both sound odd. How else would you get upstairs than to walk? And upstairs is what you call the place you end up when you go up stairs.

  • They both sound odd.
  • How else would you get upstairs than to walk?
  • And upstairs is what you call the place you end up when you go up stairs.
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They both sound odd. How else would you get upstairs than to walk? And upstairs is what you call the place you end up when you go up stairs.

I might make it "Go quietly up the stairs."

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aqua aqua 38Next, walk quietly upstairs.

That is fine. If you want a good alternative verb:

Next, tiptoe upstairs.

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