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Gene93 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

To clean/clean up a place

Hello,

I know there may be regional differences, but isn't "clean up" a little stronger/more thorough than "clean". I think that cleaning up a room would involve actually cleaning it + putting everything else in order. (tidying up) I guess "Go upstairs and clean your room" could mean that, but I'd normally take it to mean "remove all the dirt from something/etc". What do you think?

  

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The hotel maids clean all the rooms. ) However, the degree of effort varies depending on the tenant’s activities and habits. The Superintendent in our building cleans up the party room before we have an event.

  • The hotel maids clean all the rooms.
  • ) However, the degree of effort varies depending on the tenant’s activities and habits.
  • The Superintendent in our building cleans up the party room before we have an event.
  • (If he is charging for the room, it must at least start clean.
  • ) I know my daughter will clean her room.
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The hotel maids clean all the rooms. (They return each room to an orderly/presentable state.) However, the degree of effort varies depending on the tenant’s activities and habits.

The Superintendent in our building cleans up the party room before we have an event. (If he is charging for the room, it must at least start clean. Sometimes it hardly needs sweeping.)

I know my daughter

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