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Alex1751 Posted 9 years ago
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Up And Off As Intensifiers
Is it okay to add "up" or "off" as intensifiers to any verbs or I can only use phrasal verbs that already exist and spreaded?Can I say, for instance, "understand the topic up" or "solve the problem off"?
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Alex1751 Is it okay to add "up" or "off" as intensifiers to any verbs No. Alex1751 I can only use phrasal verbs that already exist Yes. Alex1751 "understand the topic up" or "solve the problem off"?
- Alex1751 Is it okay to add "up" or "off" as intensifiers to any verbs No.
- Alex1751 I can only use phrasal verbs that already exist Yes.
- Alex1751 "understand the topic up" or "solve the problem off"?
- No.
- Those are unnatural.
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Alex1751Is it okay to add "up" or "off" as intensifiers to any verbs
No.
Alex1751 I can only use phrasal verbs that already exist
Yes.
Alex1751"understand the topic up" or "solve the problem off"?
No. Those are unnatural.
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