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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #1 (permalink) Sat May 07, 2011 23:22 pm   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

Please pass up your homework by today.

May I know the words pass up in the sentence above are correctly used or hand in are more suitable?
As i know, the meaning of pass up is reject.
I have heard a lot of teachers and lecturers had used pass up in this way in my country.

Please go down the bus[/b]
Are go down should be replaced by get off ?
I have used "are" in the sentences above, am I correct ?

Thanks.

Please correct me if I have made any mistake.
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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #2 (permalink) Sat May 07, 2011 23:30 pm   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

'Please hand in your homework' is what would be used in the UK.
'Pass up' would never be used.

'Please move down the bus' means move further inside it to let more people on.
'Please go down...' would not be used.
Note that the meaning is not the same as 'Please get off the bus'.

Regrarding the errors in your post:

May I know IF the words pass up in the sentence above are correctly used or is (the phrase) 'hand in' more suitable.

I have heard a lot of teachers USE 'pass up' in this way in my country. (change to present tense - because they still do!)

SHOULD 'go down' be replaced by 'get off'. ('Are' is incorrect at the beginning of this sentence.)
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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #3 (permalink) Sat May 07, 2011 23:56 pm   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

Thanks Beeesneees ! You are nice. I am really appreciated it.
I am curious why some people in my country use go down when they mean get off.

I am curious why some people in my country use go down when they mean get off.

Can anyone help/helps me change/changes the sentence above into more appropriate without changing the meaning ?
Is the in phrase that on your reply indicate/indicates in hand ?

Thanks.

Please correct any mistake that I have made.
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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #4 (permalink) Sun May 08, 2011 0:05 am   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

I don't see why you need to change the sentence. It is appropriate as it is. The only thing I would change would be to add 'as to':
I am curious as to why some people in my country use 'go down' when they mean 'get off'.

'Please hand in...' equals 'please give in/submit your homework'. It is not the same as the phrase 'in hand'. If something is described as being 'in hand' it is being sorted out.
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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #5 (permalink) Sun May 08, 2011 0:17 am   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

Sorry.
I think it is a typo. I have intended to type hand in

I try to make my question clearer.

May I know IF the words pass up in the sentence above are correctly used or is (the phrase) 'hand in' more suitable.

I want to know is it because "hand in" in the sentence above is considered as a phrase,
so you used "is" instead of "are".
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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #6 (permalink) Sun May 08, 2011 0:28 am   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

The only time I have heard "pass up your work" was when I was in elementary school. The desks were arranged in columns and when the time for our work was complete, the teacher would say "please pass up your work". This meant pass it to the person seated in front of you and so on. The homework would end up at the front row where the teacher would gather it. I know this is not the context in which the original poster was asking, just thought I would mention it.
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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #7 (permalink) Sun May 08, 2011 0:38 am   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

Hi, Luschen.
If in the situation that you have mentioned, is "pass up your work" is correctly used ?

Thanks.
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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #8 (permalink) Sun May 08, 2011 1:11 am   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

Whoami412 wrote:
Sorry.
I think it is a typo. I have intended to type hand in

I try to make my question clearer.

May I know IF the words pass up in the sentence above are correctly used or is (the phrase) 'hand in' more suitable.

I want to know is it because "hand in" in the sentence above is considered as a phrase,
so you used "is" instead of "are".


Both are possible:
Use 'are' if you are talking about the individual words which make up a phrase.
Use 'is' if you are talking about the phrase as a whole.
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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #9 (permalink) Sun May 08, 2011 1:36 am   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

I think it is correct for that situation. "Pass up your work by today" does not make sense though. "Pass up your work now" does.
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Please pass up ... Please go down ... #10 (permalink) Sun May 08, 2011 1:42 am   Please pass up ... Please go down ...
 

Thanks for all the replies. They are helpful ^^
Thanks a lot.
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