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Vts nair Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference?

I got stuck in traffic.
I got stuck up in traffic.
What is the difference?
  

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Hi, 'Up' is not idiomatic here. It sounds odd. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, 'Up' is not idiomatic here.
  • It sounds odd.
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Hi,

'Up' is not idiomatic here. It sounds odd.

Clive
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It is wrong, even.

CJ
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vts nairI got stuck up in traffic.
stuck up means conceited, snobbish. I'm sure you don't mean that you became conceited while driving.

CJ
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easiest answer is " i am stuck in a jam"
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u shud say "i got caught in a traffic jam"
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may be "to get stuck in a traffic" is not usual phrase, but when I look to dictionary, I discovered that "I got stuck in a traffic" isn't wrong. According to that dictionary "to be stuck" or "to get stuck" are phrasal verbs and "I got stuck in a traffic" means the same as "I have jammed in a traffic" or something like that.
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Hi,

may be "to get stuck in a traffic" is not usual phrase, but when I look to dictionary, I discovered that "I got stuck in a traffic" isn't wrong. Yes, it is. The noun 'traffic' is uncountable. According to that dictionary "to be stuck" or "to get stuck" are phrasal verbs and "I got stuck in a traffic" means the same as

"I am have jamm
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Thank you Clive, for corrections
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CalifJimIt is wrong, even.CJ
However, 'hung up in traffic' sounds ok to me.
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