navi tasan
Key Member
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2002
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Persian
- Home Country
- Iran
- Current Location
- United States
Which are correct?
1) We were two points ahead of them.
2) We were two up on them.
3) We were two up against them.
They are all supposed to mean the same thing. We were playing a game against them and we were two points ahead.
I think #1 is fine, as is #2. I have strong doubts about #3.
I think "number+up on someone" is a set expression and 'up' cannot be replaced with 'against', but to me, logically at least, 'against' makes sense!
1) We were two points ahead of them.
2) We were two up on them.
3) We were two up against them.
They are all supposed to mean the same thing. We were playing a game against them and we were two points ahead.
I think #1 is fine, as is #2. I have strong doubts about #3.
I think "number+up on someone" is a set expression and 'up' cannot be replaced with 'against', but to me, logically at least, 'against' makes sense!