The bus fare has increased up.

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amiable25

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Hello, teachers. I have a question.

"The bus fare has increased up."

Do you think the sentence above is grammatical? I guess the word "up" has some problem.

Thank you in advance!
 

jutfrank

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Don't use up. The verb is simply to increase (not to increase up).
 

teechar

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You can also say,
The bus fare has gone up.
 
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