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Stacked Up Against
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/books/review/the-mechanic-muse-the-jargon-of-the-novel-computed.html?pagewanted=all
"When books and other written documents are gathered into an electronic corpus, one “subcorpus” can be compared with another: all the digitized fiction, for instance, can be stacked up against other genres of writing, like news reports, academic papers or blog posts. "
What is "be stacked up against" (passive transitive)? A dictionary suggests that it should be "stack up against" (active intransitive)
"When books and other written documents are gathered into an electronic corpus, one “subcorpus” can be compared with another: all the digitized fiction, for instance, can be stacked up against other genres of writing, like news reports, academic papers or blog posts. "
What is "be stacked up against" (passive transitive)? A dictionary suggests that it should be "stack up against" (active intransitive)
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It can be either, just like most verbs: The books have been stacked up against the wall. The librarian has stacked the books up against the wall.
- It can be either, just like most verbs: The books have been stacked up against the wall.
- The librarian has stacked the books up against the wall.
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It can be either, just like most verbs:
The books have been stacked up against the wall.
The librarian has stacked the books up against the wall.
The books have been stacked up against the wall.
The librarian has stacked the books up against the wall.
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