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Apple cobra Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Up alone as preposition of time?

Hi,

I was using an app to review prepositions, and I bumped into the following sentence:

Jake likes going to the beach up the break of dawn.

I'm utterly confused about the meaning of "up" in this sentence. Is it correct or not? Does it mean "until"? Shouldn't it be "up to"? Does it mean "for"? Does it mean "at"? What meaning does the sentence convey?

  

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It's wrong. Here are correct examples. Jake likes going to the beach at the break of dawn.

— Clive

  • It's wrong.
  • Here are correct examples.
  • Jake likes going to the beach at the break of dawn.
  • Jake likes getting up at the break of dawn and going to the beach.
  • The usual phrase is ' at the crack of dawn'.
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It's wrong.

Here are correct examples.

Jake likes going to the beach at the break of dawn.

Jake likes getting up at the break of dawn and going to the beach.


The usual phrase is 'at the crack of dawn'.

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