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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Rises/raises
She rises/raises from her seat and walks to the kitchen.
Are both correct?
Are 'rises' and 'raises' (if both are correct) very formal or just more formal than eg. 'gets up'?
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Rise = to go up, to stand up (intransitive) Raise = lift an object to a higher position. (Transitive) Mike raised his glass to make a toast. Joan raised her voice so she could be heard over the ambient noise.
- Rise = to go up, to stand up (intransitive) Raise = lift an object to a higher position.
- (Transitive) Mike raised his glass to make a toast.
- Joan raised her voice so she could be heard over the ambient noise.
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Rise = to go up, to stand up (intransitive)
Raise = lift an object to a higher position. (Transitive)
Mike raised his glass to make a toast.
Joan raised her voice so she could be heard over the ambient noise.
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