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Tag: vocabulary

Excess Use of Prepositions

No, it isn’t “mirror back.”

Nor is it lift up, rise up.

Mirror. Lift. Rise.
Verbs that can be used without a preposition. Just a single word, when redundancy is unnecessary.

Posted on June 12, 2013June 16, 2013Categories peopleTags grammar, vocabularyLeave a comment on Excess Use of Prepositions
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