0
Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Up in
Hi,
"When their house burned, leaving them with nothing but the clothes they stood up in."
Does the adverb "up" refer to to the verb "stood" and preposition 'in" to "the clothes" in the sentence?
Thank you.
"When their house burned, leaving them with nothing but the clothes they stood up in."
Does the adverb "up" refer to to the verb "stood" and preposition 'in" to "the clothes" in the sentence?
Thank you.
Top answer
Hi, That's the idea, yes. Your sentence is not correct as written. It has no main clause.
- Hi, That's the idea, yes.
- Your sentence is not correct as written.
- It has no main clause.
- Clive
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
6 Answers
0
Hi,
That's the idea, yes.
Your sentence is not correct as written. It has no main clause.
Clive
That's the idea, yes.
Your sentence is not correct as written. It has no main clause.
Clive
00
You are right. Let me rephrase it. When their house burned, leaving them with nothing but the clothes they were wearing
00
Thank you, Clive, for your useful reply. Indeed, I should have ended it with "..." thus leaving it with the idea of the implied main clause.
00
Hi,
I don't understand how you can fix it by adding 'with'. Would you like to try?
I don't understand how you can fix it by adding 'with'. Would you like to try?
00
Hi Clive,
I mean '...', not 'with'. In other words I should have put three dots instead of one: "When their house burned, leaving them with nothing but the clothes they stood up in..."
I mean '...', not 'with'. In other words I should have put three dots instead of one: "When their house burned, leaving them with nothing but the clothes they stood up in..."
00
Related Questions