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#2 (permalink) Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:41 am fall off vs fall down from |
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| I think both are ok, and the meaning is the same. |
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Iraqi I'm here quite often ;-)

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Natasha81 I'm here quite often ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:24 am fall off vs fall down from |
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Thanks a lot, Iraqi and Natasha! _________________ Non-native speaker of English
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Daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:27 am fall off vs fall down from |
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| hi, would you consider in case the link fall down or it should always be goes down? thank you |
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Hotencool I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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Natasha81 I'm here quite often ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:57 pm fall off vs fall down from |
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Fall off- another platform (I fell of the airplane) Fall down- same platform (I fell down on the floor) |
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CambridgeGuy I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#8 (permalink) Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:29 am fall off vs fall down from |
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Even though it makes sense to "fall down from the building", native speakers would not say it that way. They would say "fall off the building" or even "fall from the building"
Like others have said, usually if you just say "fall" it is understood that it means "fall down"
"to fall up" can also be used, but this is used in certain situations.
The only example I can think of is "to fall up the stairs" (to fall while walking up stairs)
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NikJames I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#9 (permalink) Wed Jul 01, 2009 18:33 pm fall off vs fall down from |
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To fall up (even while walking up the steps) sounds extremely weird. Even if you are walking up, you still fall down. It is the law of gravity.
One can probably fall up in zero gravity. I am not sure, though. _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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Milanya I'm here quite often ;-)

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#10 (permalink) Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:23 am fall off vs fall down from |
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Thanks a lot to all of you! _________________ Non-native speaker of English
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Daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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