4
votes
Accepted
Phrasal verb and the position of the object
They are both grammatically correct. The first one is much more commonly used with short objects, and the second one more with long objects.
The more formal the writing, the less natural the second ...
- 48.8k
3
votes
Difference between using in and up north
I've never heard "in north" but "in the north".
Up north has a directional deictic aspect. North is relative to the speaker's location. The speaker's location is southerly.
In the ...
- 3,123
3
votes
Meaning of 'make out' in " . . . you didn't, somehow, make out to give us the thing straight"
Here make out to [verb] is synonymous with the contemporary manage to [verb].
.. to succeed and no more; to have success at last as He made out to reconcile the contending parties.
John Ogilvie The ...
- 121k
2
votes
You're to stake your pile on Speedy
From Merriam-Webster, usage 4 of 6, meaning 3: a great amount of money : FORTUNE.
- 10.1k
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible