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Taka Posted 16 years ago
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What does 'up' in 'working from the ground up' imply?
  

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Taka What does 'up' in 'working from the ground up' imply? In a vertical direction from a lower elevation to a higher elevation. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Taka What does 'up' in 'working from the ground up' imply?
  • In a vertical direction from a lower elevation to a higher elevation.
  • CJ
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TakaWhat does 'up' in 'working from the ground up' imply?
In a vertical direction from a lower elevation to a higher elevation.

CJ
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The upward direction. The 'ground' is the basic, starting position. If you supply the specific sentence, we can give you the specific implication.
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OK. So when we have 'X up', some are 'X up (in Y)' but some others might be 'X up (to Y)' ?

(Jim, why are you tongue-tied?)
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TakaJim, why are you tongue-tied?
up is such a basic word, I was astonished you had a question about it! Maybe it's the combination with from that's the problem, though:

[from X ] [up] = (going) in an upward direction, starting at X.

Compare:

The walls were dirty from the top down.
When you pour water
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What about these, without 'up'? How would you interpret these?

·We are working from the ground.
·It fills from the bottom.
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I agree with Mr. M.

CJ
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