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 #2 (permalink) Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:12 am Preposition "up to" - neutral? |
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Hi Guinevere,
On balance I would say that 'up to' in your example is as you suggest 'neutral' and indicates that the speaker/writer believes that thiis is the figure but is not absolutely sure about the number. It hints at the number 'could be' as many as 4,000.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:45 am Preposition "up to" - neutral? |
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Mr. Alan,
Is 'up to' a preposition?
Then what it is?
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:35 am Preposition "up to" - neutral? |
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Hi,
They are both prepositions ('up' and 'to'). In the same way you can say: 'down to' 'through to' .
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:06 am Preposition "up to" - neutral? |
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Mr. Alan,
'up' and 'to' are prepositions. But when they are used together - 'up to' in sentence,
do you say that phrase is used as preposition?
Please clarify my doubt, since your wordings are found to me ambiguous.
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:13 am Preposition "up to" - neutral? |
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Hi,
I would call it a prepositional phrase'.
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