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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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What are you doing up so late?

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00Why are you staying up so late? What're you up to?02br
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00Does the first of the above sound right and mean about the same as the second? Thanks.0-
  

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0I think you need a comma in the first, as 01b00do up02b00 is 01b00not 02b00a phrasal here02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10I think you need a comma in the first, as 11b10do up12b10 is 11b10not 12b10a phrasal here 12br
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10Thanks, Marius.02br
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0What are you doing, up so late?02br
00Why are you staying up so late? What are you up to?02br
00 What are you up to? - this question could imply that the person is doing something that he/she should not be doing02br
00as in I'm sure he's up to something.0-
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0I'm sorry to disagree, but "What are you doing up so late?" 01i00without02i00 the comma is perfectly normal. I say it all the time to a friend in chat who is 12 hours later than me in the day whenever I see her past noon my time. 02br
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00I say "What are you doing up?" to my children when they get out of bed at 11 and come into the living room with
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0 GG's right on the version without comma. Here are some more examples: 02br
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00 I still believe both versions work, with and without comma, depending on how much pause we want to insert during saying that. 0240hrefhttp://books.google.com/books?q=%22you+doing+up+so+late%22&btnG=Search+Books
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