Tack on? (to add?)
Dear Users,
I'm taking a course in basic mathematics to brush up on some simple concepts, and the teacher in the course used the phrasal verb (?) tack on in a sentence like this one: ... and then those zeros are just tacked on.
1) I don't imagine tack or tack on can be used to replace add or add on as in Add 2 and 2, or can it?
2) When would you use that extra preposition (on) with tack and add?
Thank you
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Perfect Stranger 1) I don't imagine tack or tack on can be used to replace add or add on as in Add 2 and 2, or can it? In this sentence, only "add" works. "add on", "tack" and "tack on" do not work.
- Perfect Stranger 1) I don't imagine tack or tack on can be used to replace add or add on as in Add 2 and 2, or can it?
- In this sentence, only "add" works.
- "add on", "tack" and "tack on" do not work.
- In your first example "...
- and then those zeros are just tacked on", you can also use "added on" or just "added", but not "tacked" alone.
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Perfect Stranger1) I don't imagine tack or tack on can be used to replace add or add on as in Add 2 and 2, or can it?
In this sentence, only "add" works. "add on", "tack" and "tack on" do not work.
In your first example "... and then those zeros are just tacked on", you can also use "added on" or just "added", but not "tacked" alone.
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