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- 16-Oct-2011, 13:18 #1
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shut up everyone? Is it possible to say "You can't shut up everyone in this room"? Or should it be "You can't shut everyone up in this room?
- 16-Oct-2011, 14:17 #2
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Teacher Re: shut up everyone? I would consider "shut up" to be a separable phrasal expression used in either way.
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- 16-Oct-2011, 17:01 #3
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Teacher Re: shut up everyone? I may be the only person that thinks this, but to me: Originally Posted by HighPriest
You can't shut up everyone in this room = You can't make all the people in this room stop talking or making any noise.
You can't shut everyone up in this room = You can't enclose all of these people in this room and then close/lock the door.
- 16-Oct-2011, 17:52 #4
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Teacher Re: shut up everyone? I agree. I immediately thought the same thing. Originally Posted by emsr2d2
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