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Tinanam0102 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
raise and raise up
Hi teachers,
raise your hand and raise up your hand
Dictionary: He slowly raised himself up off the ground
I think I heard the first one mostly when we were in school, but the second one I heard it in a yoga class.
What is the difference? And the raise up used in the dictionary?
Thanks
raise your hand and raise up your hand
Dictionary: He slowly raised himself up off the ground
I think I heard the first one mostly when we were in school, but the second one I heard it in a yoga class.
What is the difference? And the raise up used in the dictionary?
Thanks
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'Up' is a direction; when you use 'up', it gives a sense of the process of moving (or direction) upwards, as compared to the end state. Of course, 'raise' implies up, so in a sense it's unnecessary (and cumbersome) in the simple example of 'raise up your hand', but useful in the second example, creating a counterpoint (balancing contrast) to the 'slowly'. d
- 'Up' is a direction; when you use 'up', it gives a sense of the process of moving (or direction) upwards, as compared to the end state.
- Of course, 'raise' implies up, so in a sense it's unnecessary (and cumbersome) in the simple example of 'raise up your hand', but useful in the second example, creating a counterpoint (balancing contrast) to the 'slowly'.
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'Up' is a direction; when you use 'up', it gives a sense of the process of moving (or direction) upwards, as compared to the end state.
Of course, 'raise' implies up, so in a sense it's unnecessary (and cumbersome) in the simple example of 'raise up your hand', but useful in the second example, creating a counterpoint (balancing contrast) to the 'slowly'.
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Of course, 'raise' implies up, so in a sense it's unnecessary (and cumbersome) in the simple example of 'raise up your hand', but useful in the second example, creating a counterpoint (balancing contrast) to the 'slowly'.
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Hi meteorquake,
Can you give me a few more with 'raise up'?
Thank you
TN
Can you give me a few more with 'raise up'?
Thank you
TN
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"Raise up the boat so that people can work on its underside"
"Raise up a new generation of children with moral standards"
"Raise up seedlings indoors until they are ready to plant"
"Raise up our standards"
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"Raise up a new generation of children with moral standards"
"Raise up seedlings indoors until they are ready to plant"
"Raise up our standards"
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Hi meteorquake,
Thanks for your reply. About 'Raise up the boat ...', doesn't it look very much like 'Raise your hand' without up? This is why I get confused between transitive and intransitive. 'Raise you boat so that people can work on its underside'.
TN
Thanks for your reply. About 'Raise up the boat ...', doesn't it look very much like 'Raise your hand' without up? This is why I get confused between transitive and intransitive. 'Raise you boat so that people can work on its underside'.
TN
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I would as a speaker treat 'up' as a simple adverb - so as you say, raise with an up to improve its meaning.
'he upraised the boat' shows it in a less common form:)
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'he upraised the boat' shows it in a less common form:)
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