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Vincent Teo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

rising up / rising

Do I say,

Peter was studying hard until midnight. He saw black smoke rising up / rising from his neighbour's house.

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Since smoke rises anyway, and rises indicates ‘upwards’, it might be better to indicate if it was general or a column of smoke. “…a column of black smoke rising from…

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  • Since smoke rises anyway, and rises indicates ‘upwards’, it might be better to indicate if it was general or a column of smoke.
  • “…a column of black smoke rising from…
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Since smoke rises anyway, and rises indicates ‘upwards’, it might be better to indicate if it was general or a column of smoke. “…a column of black smoke rising from…
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