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Hello! Can anyone help me with a difficult problem. :-? Is it possible to say "Don't bring up the bowl to your mouth?" I think the correct sentence should be "Don't bring the bowl up to your mouth" but I have been told that both are correct. The former one sounds strange to me. HELP ME PLEASE!
The latter is the correct expression.
Isn't bring up separable in all uses???Quote:
Originally Posted by JJM Ballantyne
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bring up (1. separable): mention (as a topic of discussion).
"We planned to discuss overtime pay in the meeting. Why didn't someone bring that topic up?"
bring up (2. separable): raise; rear.
"Lucy's parents died when she was a baby. Her grandparents brought her up."
http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/pv-b.html
can i say "look it up from your dictionaries" ?
No, that's "look it up in your dictionaries".Quote:
Originally Posted by ssendur