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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"That's up over one billion dollars from January."
"That's up over one billion dollars from January."
I have seen the sentence and I was wondering if the speech part of "up" here is a preposition or adverb or adjective? I feel like it is an adverb and it can be rewritten to "That's up (by) over one billion dollars from January" like "be inched up (by) 2 percent."
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much in advance.
I have seen the sentence and I was wondering if the speech part of "up" here is a preposition or adverb or adjective? I feel like it is an adverb and it can be rewritten to "That's up (by) over one billion dollars from January" like "be inched up (by) 2 percent."
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much in advance.
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' says the amount has climbed to somewhere over the stated amount. 01 or far more, just so it is over the stated amount. ' says that the increase is at least the stated amount.
- ' says the amount has climbed to somewhere over the stated amount.
- 01 or far more, just so it is over the stated amount.
- ' says that the increase is at least the stated amount.
- In you example it is up at least 1 billion dollars over what happened in January.
- Hmmm, but then again, when I look at the sentence once more, 'from January' changes it so that both forms have the same meaning.
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There is a difference between the two uses -
'That's up over...' says the amount has climbed to somewhere over the stated amount. Could be any amount over - .01 or far more, just so it is over the stated amount.
'That's up by over...' says that the increase is at least the stated amount. In you example it is up at least 1 billion dollars over what happened in January.
Hmmm,
'That's up over...' says the amount has climbed to somewhere over the stated amount. Could be any amount over - .01 or far more, just so it is over the stated amount.
'That's up by over...' says that the increase is at least the stated amount. In you example it is up at least 1 billion dollars over what happened in January.
Hmmm,
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Thank you so much and do you mean that "That's up over one billion dollars from January." and "That's up (by) over one billion dollars from January." are the same in meaning and by can be omitted and putting by is more emphasis, right? And then the speech part of "up" here is adjective, isn't it?
And if I got you right, 'A be up B' structure is possible
And if I got you right, 'A be up B' structure is possible
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