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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to amount to/come to/add up to a number
Hello,
Can we say: "My salary amounted to/came back to/added up to $1100 back then"? I am not sure whether "add up to" fits the sentence.
Can we say: "My salary amounted to/came back to/added up to $1100 back then"? I am not sure whether "add up to" fits the sentence.
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amounted to - good, normal, usual added up to - acceptable, not the most common way to say it came back to - not used as far as I know - not here anyway came to - also good, less formal than amounted to CJ
- amounted to - good, normal, usual added up to - acceptable, not the most common way to say it came back to - not used as far as I know - not here anyway came to - also good, less formal than amounted to CJ
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amounted to - good, normal, usual
added up to - acceptable, not the most common way to say it
came back to - not used as far as I know - not here anyway
came to - also good, less formal than amounted to
CJ
added up to - acceptable, not the most common way to say it
came back to - not used as far as I know - not here anyway
came to - also good, less formal than amounted to
CJ
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As I think of it, "come to" might sound odd to some people too. "Come to" is similar to "add up to" in my opinion. That's why I said "add up to" didn't sound that good to me. His salary, bonuses and overtime could come to/add up to a particular amount.
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