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Seraph42 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
WALK UP TO or WALK TO.
Why do we add "up" or "over" while referring to a person?
I walked over to him
I walked to the grocery store.
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seraph42 Why do we add "up" or "over" while referring to a person? It doesn't have to be a person, though it often is. "walk up to" / "walk over to" "up" focuses on the approach, the motion "toward", and on the arrival, the end of the motion.
- seraph42 Why do we add "up" or "over" while referring to a person?
- It doesn't have to be a person, though it often is.
- "walk up to" / "walk over to" "up" focuses on the approach, the motion "toward", and on the arrival, the end of the motion.
- "over" focuses on motion "across" an intervening distance.
- So I walked up to the officer and handed over my passport.
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seraph42Why do we add "up" or "over" while referring to a person?
It doesn't have to be a person, though it often is.
"walk up to" / "walk over to"
"up" focuses on the approach, the motion "toward", and on the arrival, the end of the motion.
"over" focuses on motion "across" an intervening distance.
So I walked up to the office
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