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Meaning of TAKE INTO ACCOUNT and ACCOUNTABLE FOR | When do we use 'a' and 'an'?
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Far Up: How far up do you want to take your standard? Tue May 16, 2006 6:50 am  Far Up: How far up do you want to take your standard?
 

Dear all

No words that I could bring to command would do justice to your extremely generous help and support. I am very much thankful to you all. Alan ,Conchita, Jimmie, Amy (Yankee)and Mister Micawber, I love and respect you all with all my heart.

Which one of the following sentences is correct?

How far up do you want to take your standard?
How far above do you want to take your standard?

Thanks again

Tom
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How far up vs. how far above Tue May 16, 2006 13:32 pm  How far up vs. how far above
 

Hello Tom,

Thank you for your kind words.

Quote:
How far up do you want to take your standard?
How far above do you want to take your standard?

Both sentences seem correct to me. However, how far above would need an object, either mentioned earlier or added in the sentence.

For example:
How far above the average do you want to take your standard?
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Hello Conchita Thu May 18, 2006 13:13 pm  Hello Conchita
 

Hi there

How can we mention the object earlier in the sentence

Thanks

Tom
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How far above Thu May 18, 2006 13:51 pm  How far above
 

Something that has been mentioned earlier is something that has been said/written previously. If we only hear: "How far above do you want to take your standard?", we don't know how far above what (above means higher than), so we assume that it has been mentioned before. If it hasn't, we need to specify it in the sentence.
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Far Up: How far up do you want to take your standard? Thu May 18, 2006 19:02 pm  Far Up: How far up do you want to take your standard?
 

Hi Tom

What Conchita has explained about "above" would also apply to the sentence you wrote with the word "below". (That was in a different thread.)
i.e.:
How far below _____ do you want to take your standard?

Also in this sentence you would need to know "below what?"

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Standard Thu May 18, 2006 19:12 pm  Standard
 

Hi Tom,

Your words have moved me and so I can't now resist answering your question:

Quote:
How far up do you want to take your standard?
How far above do you want to take your standard?

To be honest I don't like either question that you have quoted. I would say:

How high do you want to raise your standard?

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Standard Fri Jun 09, 2006 13:33 pm  Standard
 

Alan wrote:
Hi Tom,

Your words have moved me and so I can't now resist answering your question:

Quote:
How far up do you want to take your standard?
How far above do you want to take your standard?

To be honest I don't like either question that you have quoted. I would say:

How high do you want to raise your standard?

Alan

Hi Alan,

That's what I would say too.

I'd like to add "set your standard" or "set your standards".

How do you set your standards?

How high do you set your standards?

We can set our standards as high as we want. [/list][/code]
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