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#2 (permalink) Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:19 am Meanings |
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Hi,
My suggestions are in brackets:
a.Economic growth has slowed a little. (not grown so fast) b.The car slowed down as it approached the junction. (reduced speed) c.The game slowed up a little in the second half. (didn't have as fast a pace) d.The ice on the roads was slowing us down. (making us travel more slowly) e. You must slow down a little. (not work so hard) f. We hope to slow the spread of the disease. (reduce)
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#3 (permalink) Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:47 am Meanings |
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Dear Sir,
a.Economic growth has slowed/has slowed down/has slowed up a little. The same meaning for 3 cases? b.The car slowed/slowed down/ slowed up as it approached the junction. The same meaning for 3 cases? c.The game slowed/slowed up/slowed down a little in the second half. The same meaning for 3 cases? d.The ice on the roads was slowing us down/was slowing us/was slowing us up . The same meaning for 3 cases? e. You must slow down/slow up/slow a little. The same meaning for 3 cases? f. We hope to slow/slow up/slow down the spread of the disease. The same meaning for 3 cases?
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#4 (permalink) Thu Aug 03, 2006 21:31 pm Slow (sb/sth) (up/down) |
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. Just a note:
Slow down is much more commonly used than slow up.
"Statistical proof" supplied by Saint Google: ;)
slow down......42,400,000 slow up................400,000 . _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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#5 (permalink) Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:56 am Slow (sb/sth) (up/down) |
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Hi Amy,
42,400,000 means 42,400,000 times? 42,400,000 means 42,400,000 times?
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#6 (permalink) Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:09 am Slow (sb/sth) (up/down) |
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slow down vs slow up:
Google found forty-two million four hundred thousand instances of the usage of slow down online. (42,000,000)
The Google results for slow up were only four hundred thousand. (400,000)
That's a pretty extreme difference in usage. . _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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