Let me shift his name "down" or "up" the list

[tufguy]

Let me shift his name "down" or "up" the list. His name should be after the sixth person on the list.

Please check my sentences.

 

[tufguy]

Technically, to be unambiguous, you should say immediately after the sixth person on the list. His name could be at present in the 35th position on the list which satisfies the condition of being after the 6th person. You may accuse me of nit-picking.

Let me shift his name "down" or "up" the list. His name should be after the sixth person immediately on the list. Is it correct now? How about the first part?

 

[andrewg927]

Let me shift his name down or up the list. His name should be immediately after the sixth person on the list.

You don't need quotation marks here.

I am not a teacher.

 

[Rover_KE]

As always, you could say the same thing in fewer words, tufguy.

'Let me move his name to seventh in the list.'

(I prefer 'move', but 'shift' is grammatical.)

 

[tufguy]

As always, you could say the same thing in fewer words, tufguy.

'Let me move his name to seventh in the list.'

(I prefer 'move', but 'shift' is grammatical.)

I heard a native say this but wasn't sure about it. So I asked you.

 

[tufguy]

Let me shift his name down or up the list. His name should be immediately after the sixth person on the list.

You don't need quotation marks here.

I am not a teacher.

Let me shift his name down or up the list. His name should be immediately before the sixth person on the list. Is it correct as well?

 

[andrewg927]

Let me shift his name down or up the list. His name should be immediately before the sixth person on the list. Is it correct as well?

You literally just took my quote, dude.

 

[tufguy]

You literally just took my quote, dude.

Yes, but I would like to know about "before". Is it also correct to use "before" in place of "after" here?

 

[andrewg927]

Yes, but I would like to know about "before". Is it also correct to use "before" in place of "after" here?

Yes. "Before" or "After" does not change the sentence structure. It just shows a different place.

I am not a teacher.