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#2 (permalink) Tue May 16, 2006 12:32 pm How far up vs. how far above |
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Hello Tom,
Thank you for your kind words.
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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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Conchita Language Coach

Joined: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 2826 Location: Madrid, Spain
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#3 (permalink) Thu May 18, 2006 12:13 pm Hello Conchita |
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Hi there
How can we mention the object earlier in the sentence
Thanks
Tom |
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#4 (permalink) Thu May 18, 2006 12:51 pm How far above |
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| 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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Conchita Language Coach

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#5 (permalink) Thu May 18, 2006 18:02 pm Far Up: How far up do you want to take your standard? |
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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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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Thu May 18, 2006 18:12 pm Standard |
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Hi Tom,
Your words have moved me and so I can't now resist answering your question:
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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 _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Passive Voice |
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Alan Co-founder

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#7 (permalink) Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:33 pm Standard |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi Tom,
Your words have moved me and so I can't now resist answering your question:
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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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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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Steve I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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