Talk:up and
Latest comment: 12 years ago by DCDuring in topic PoS
PoS
editShould this be considered an auxiliary verb? DCDuring TALK 01:22, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
- It's a corruption of upped and, right? He up and went = he upped (got up) and went. Equinox ◑ 01:30, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
- I don't really know about its moral state or etymology. My earlier conjecture is the etymology in the entry ("get up and"). It could be construed as synonymous with adverbs. The following quote from Mark Twain illustrates that it does not necessarily conjugate with the verb it might be expected to if it were a coordinate construction:
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- That is, not: "the law ups and goes". DCDuring TALK 05:50, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
- I don't really know about its moral state or etymology. My earlier conjecture is the etymology in the entry ("get up and"). It could be construed as synonymous with adverbs. The following quote from Mark Twain illustrates that it does not necessarily conjugate with the verb it might be expected to if it were a coordinate construction: